EPPO Global Database

• EPPO Code: NELNU
• Preferred name: Nelumbo nucifera
• Authority: Gärtner

Southeast Russia, Caucasus, Russian Far East,  Western Asia, Himalayas, India to Indochina, China, Japan,  Malesia, New Guinea, Australia. Formerly present in Egypt, where it is now extinct. Cultivated in warm climates as an aquatic ornamental, and frequently naturalized (Europe, from Italy to Black Sea, North America). National flower of Vietnam