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Nymphaeaceae

Lotus; lian; bunga telpok, teratai, (M); lin, (C).
Nelumbo nucifera Gaetrn (Nymphaeaceae)
(Nelumbium nelumbo Druce)

Description

Lotus Plant & Flower

An aquatic herb with peltate leaves borne above and floating on the water. Flowers are solitary, bisexual and regular. Fruit is a nut; many in a receptacle. The edible rhizome is submerge in mud.

Origin

Nelumbo nucifera: Lotus. Its rhizomes are eaten as a vegetable.

This aquatic plant is indigenous in Asia, from Persia to China and Japan as well as in North eastern Australia. It has been cultivated in China since the 12th century BC. It has been grown in Egypt since ancient times; this was probaly brought in through Persia during the Persian conquest.

Uses

Seeds

The rhizome and "seeds" have both been eaten as food for thousands of years. The young rhizome when harvested for eating, tastes like artichokes. The older ones are considered diuretic. Rhizomes are harvested all year round and contain an abundance of starch. Ripe seeds are prepared by removing the seedcoat and the intensely bitter plumule and then boiled in syrup. Slightly unripe seeds are also eaten raw.

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