#Nelumbonaceae

[banefolk]

Did you know North America has a native lotus? Nelumbo lutea or yellow lotus is one of only two wild lotus species left on the planet. This prehistoric giant produces the largest flower in North America - the size of your head! The leaves average two feet across. It grows from the Great Lakes down to Central America and the Caribbean. It is edible, medicinal, mildly poisonous, and mildly psychoactive. Many Native American tribes believed it had mystical powers.

More info:

• Native American Ethnobotany Database

• Plants for a Future Database

• Wikipedia

Photo from Wikimedia Commons

[reddirttown]

Language of Flowers: Lotus Plant

Every day has its designated flower in the language of flowers. The flower for today, November 10, is the Lotus Plant, which signifies eloquence. Image above from Wikipedia. Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean, or simply Lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water…

[vintagrafica]

Sacred Lotus or Nymphaea Nelumbo

Sacred lotus is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is sometimes colloquially called a water lily, though this more often refers to members of the family Nymphaeaceae.

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[acoraxia]

Love that you gave Nezha a cat. They’re so cuteeeeeeeee

Also the cat looks so fluffy does it have a name

gosh that was from my old blog...

I think he named her after a flower? probably Nelum (short for Nelumbonaceae, the flower family of the lotus-lilies)

but yes she's a sweetheart

(and a gift from a certain monkey god)

[alexandreaiteiaabronia]

Sacred lotus

plant

Also known as: Indian lotus, Nelumbo nucifera

Article History

Sacred lotus, (Nelumbo nucifera), also called Indian lotus, attractive edible aquatic plant of the lotus-lily family (Nelumbonaceae) found in tropical and subtropical Asia. Representing spiritual enlightenment, the flower is sacred in both Hinduism and Buddhism and was used in ancient Egypt to represent rebirth. The sacred lotus has a superficial resemblance but a distant relationship to the water lilies (family Nymphaeaceae).

By Encyclopaedia Britannica

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[dinhthang]

THUỐC THANH NHIỆT GIẢI THỬ - HÀ DIỆP (Lá sen - Folium Nelumbilis)

Là lá sen thường dùng ở dạng tươi của cây sen Nelumibo nucifera Gaertn. Họ sen Nelumbonaceae.

Tính vị: vị đắng, tính bình. Quy kinh: can, tỳ, vị. Công năng chủ trị:

Thanh nhiệt giải thứ, dùng khi cảm thụ bởi thứ nhiệt gây ra đau đầu, đau răng, miệng khô, họng khát, tiểu tiện ngắn đỏ. Có thế dùng phối hợp với lô căn tươi mỗi thứ 40g, hoa đậu ván trắng 8g. Sắc uống. Cũng có thể dùng 20g lá sen tươi, giã nát, thêm nước sôi để nguội, vắt lấy nước cho uống, trong trường hợp trúng thử mà có triệu chứng vừa nôn vừa ỉa chảy.

Khứ ứ chỉ huyết: dùng cho các chứng xuất huyết. Lá sen tươi 80g, trắc bách diệp 16g, ngải diệp (sao đen) 12g, sinh địa 40g. Sắc uống. Liều dùng: 4 - 12g (lá khô); tươi 40 - 80g. Chú ý: khi dùng để chỉ huyết lá sen cần sao cháy.

NguyênLiệuLàmThuốc #ThuốcThanhNhiệtGiảiThử #CầmMáu #GiảiNhiệt

[dream-world-universe]

Water lily

The term nenúfar applies, by the general, to aquatic plantes with flowers growing in llagos, llagunes, llamargues, banzaos or slow-running wars, usually taking root in the anchorage. The nannies belong to the families Nymphaeaceae, Cabombaceae of the order Nymphaeales, Nelumbonaceae of the order Proteales and also to the genus Nymphoides of the family Menyanthaceae of the order Asterales and the genus Hydrocleys of the family Alismataceae of the order Alismatales. Vease caúna d'estos trés families o unu d'estos dos xéneros pa datos más específicos. Les fueyes de los nenúfares comunes pueden ser dos tipos:

Nenúfar - Wikipedia

Nénuphar — Wikipédia (wikipedia.org)

Nenúfar - Wikipedia

[banefolk]

The oldest direct evidence of water lilies being used as a psychoactive drug dates to 6,000 BCE in ancient Egypt. The specific species was Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea which has been found to contain nuciferine, an alkaloid normally found in lotuses (Nelumbonaceae), as well as other aporphine alkaloids that may covert to apomorphine in the body. Water lilies are soporific aka hypnotic. Hypnotic herbs are anti anxiety and help people fall asleep and stay asleep.

Source: “The oldest archeological data evidencing the relationship of Homo sapiens with psychoactive plants,” Journal of Psychedelic Studies, 2019.

Photo: Egyptian blue water lily (Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea) from Wikimedia Commons.

[nymphaeaceas]

whoever took the username nelumbonaceae, i love and hate you

[plant-taxonomy-showdown]

#I do love native Nymphaeae

@bax16 ah thanks for that, water lilies are actually a completely different branch because plant taxonomy is weird and convergent evolution happens, and the water lilies got taken out in the class bracket! Sacred lotus is in the family Nelumbonaceae.

Bonus Round 1/Semi-finals: Rosids vs Basal Eudicots

Apples of Discord vs Sacred Lotus

Rosids: The romantic clade. Do you want not only a dozen roses, but also a nice glass of wine and some strawberries dipped in chocolate to go with them? Of course you do. Vote Rosids. (And yes, this is also the cannabis clade, so light up/grab your edibles.)

Basal Eudicots: Here be funky flowers: the sacred lotus, poppies, the king protea of South Africa and the waratah of Australia. Also, macademia nuts.

(What's a eudicot? The class that won the previous round. More info here. Many taxonomic categories can be divided up into "basal" and "core" members, the basal ones splitting off the evolutionary tree relatively early on, while the core ones have a more recent common ancestor.)

[coffeenuts]

A closeup in the flower of lotus, water-lily, Suriname by Sebastiao P Nunes https://flic.kr/p/2kMLutM

[spatheandspadix]

American lotus at Adams Lake

[that-crazy-scorpio-man]

This year was a disappointing one for lotuses.  The bayou wasn’t covered with them like last year.  Not sure the factors that had a hand in it.

[alexandreaiteiaabronia]

Antinous: Festival of the Red Lotus

In August 22, the modern cult of Antinous celebrates the Festival of the Red Lotus, which is said to have sprung from the blood of the Marousian Lion hunted by Antinous and Hadrian.

The white and blue flowers native to Egypt and described as “lotus” in ancient Egyptian mythology and art are actually water lilies, members of the genus Nymphaea. Blooms of the blue Egyptian water lily Nymphaea caerulea open and close during daylight hours; the white Egyptian water lily Nymphaea lotus opens at dusk and closes in the mid-morning. Folk tales describe the flowers as rising from the water at dawn or dusk each day, but rather the buds form underwater and emerge above the water as the stems lengthen, open and close each day during the few days of bloom, and then sink beneath the water after the period of bloom is finished. The sinking below and rising above the water links the “lotus” with the mythology of rebirth.

The red Egyptian lotus Nelumbo nucifera is a member of the family Nelumbonaceae. Native to India, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. It seems to have been brought to Egypt in the Late Period, in the 6th or 7th centuries BCE. Its appearance is very different to the blue and white lilies, with rounded petals rising well above the water.

It is this flower which legend associates with Antinous. A poem from the reign of Diocletian (284 – 305 CE) links the Lion Hunt with the lotus:

The nymphs began to crown their tresses

With the flower named after Antinous,

Which to this day preserves

The mighty spear of the hunter.

Into the Nile he hurried for purification

Of the blood of the lion…

– Payprus Oxy. 63.4352 (X)

Another text from the 3rd century CE specifically mentions the color of the lotus of Antinous:

But since I have mentioned Alexandria, I know that in that beautiful city there is a garland called the garland of Antinous, which is made of the lotus, which grows in those parts. And this lotus grows in the marshes in the summer season; and it bears flowers of two colours; one like that of the rose, and it is the garlands woven of the flower of this colour which are properly called the garlands of Antinous; but the other kind is called the lotus garland, being of a dark colour. And a man of the name of Pancrates, a native poet, with whom we ourselves were acquainted, made a great parade of showing a rose-coloured lotus to [H]adrian the emperor, when he was staying at Alexandria, saying, that [p. 1082] he ought to give this flower the name of the Flower of Antinous, as having sprung from the ground where it drank in the blood of the Mauritanian lion, which Hadrian killed when he was out hunting in that part of Africa, near Alexandria; a monstrous beast which had ravaged all Libya for a long time, so as to make a very great part of the district desolate.

– Athenaeus. The Deipnosophists. Or Banquet Of The Learned Of Athenaeus. London. Henry G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden. 1854. (X)

Ave, ave Antinoe! The red lotus reminds us of your courage. May we, too, rise after the struggles of life, and join you in the company of the immortals!

https://honorthegodsblog.wordpress.com/2018/08/22/antinous-festival-of-the-red-lotus/

[dinhthang]

Cây Hoa Chữa Bệnh - HOA SEN

Tên khác: Liên, Ngẫu (Tày), Bó pua (Thái). Lim ngó (Dao). Tên khoa học: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn [Nelumbium nelumbo (L.) Druce]. Họ Sen (Nelumbonaceae).

Nguồn gốc: Cây Sen nguồn gốc châu Á lục địa. Hoa Sen là vật linh thiêng tượng trưng của, Ấn Độ giáo và Phật giáo, tương tự như họa Sen Ai Cập, hoa trắng (Nymphea lotus) là hoa linh thiêng của Ai Cập. Cây Sen được trồng từ lâu đời ở Việt Nam; Sen được trồng ở nhiều nơi để ăn, làm mứt, làm thuốc, làm cây cảnh. Có hai giống Sen được trồng phổ biến: 1) Sen hồng, cao, khoẻ, hoa màu hồng, to, thơm; 2) Sen trắng, cây cao, hoa trắng, yếu hơn. Ngoài ra còn trồng Sen sẻ, cây thấp hoa bé, thường trồng trong bể, trong chậu. Sen được trồng bằng mầm, ngó Sen. Trồng vào giữa mùa xuân, thời tiết ấm; trồng xong cho nước vào ao, hồ từ từ cho ngập đến 2/3 thân cây, giữ mực nước như vậy khoang 3 - 4 tháng, Mùa hè năm sau cây ra hoa; mùa đồng cây tàn, mùa xuân lại mọc. …

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[runwithkiran]

Nelumbo nucifera is the species of lotus that has historical, cultural and spiritually significant in Indian subcontinent. It is a sacred flower in both Hinduism and Buddhism #nelumbonucifera #indianlotus #sacredlotus #aquaticplant #nelumbonaceae #buddhism #hinduism #purity #englightment #rebirth #regeneration #edibleroots #leaves #perinial #gardening #gardenstories #runwithkiran #horticultrist #pixelclicks #landscapephotography #mobilephotography #horticulture #gardensofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/reel/CS67wo0Bgt-/?utm_medium=tumblr