EPPO Global Database

Nelumbo nucifera(NELNU)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-21

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

Notes

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


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Nelumbium nelumbo (Linnaeus) Druce
Nelumbium nuciferum Gärtner
Nelumbium speciosum Willdenow
Nelumbo caspica Shipchinski
Nelumbo speciosa Willdenow
Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus

Common names
Name Language
bean of India English
Indian lotus English
lotus English
sacred lotus English
indische Lotosblume German
lotus des Indes French
lotus sacré French
nelumbo d'Orient French
flor de loto Spanish
loto Spanish
loto asiático Spanish
loto indiano Spanish
loto indio Spanish
loto sagrado Spanish
lotus de la India Spanish
nelumbo Spanish
fior di loto Italian
fior di loto asiatico Italian
loto d'Egitto Italian
loto indiano Italian
heilige lotus Dutch
Indische lotus Dutch
Indische lotusbloem Dutch
flor-de-lótus Portuguese
lótus Portuguese
indisk lotus Swedish
chawambasu Japanese
hasu Japanese
チヤワンバス Japanese
ハス Japanese
лотос индийский Russian
лотос орехоносный Russian
лотос розовый Russian
орехоносный лотос Russian
padma Bengali
lián shǔ Chinese
莲属 Chinese
kamal Hindi
कमल Hindi
연꽃 Korean
yeon kkot Korean
лотос горіхоносний Ukrainian
hoa sen Viêt Namese