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Blue lotus or lily. Recent studies have shown Nymphaea caerulea to have psychedelic properties, and may have been used as a sacrament in ancient Egypt and certain ancient South American cultures. Dosages of 5 to 10 grams of the flowers induces slight stimulation, a shift in thought processes, enhanced visual perception, and mild closed-eye ...
Nymphaea spectabilis, a purple form known from cultivation, and N. capensis, found throughout eastern, central and southern Africa, as well as a number of other named taxa, were synonymised to N. nouchali var. caerulea in the 1989 addition to the Flora of Tropical East Africa (FTEA) series, a position which has generally been accepted, [1] [4] [10] [11] although some of the authorities in ...
Nymphaea nouchali, often known by its synonym Nymphaea stellata, or by common names blue lotus, [3] star lotus, red water lily, dwarf aquarium lily, blue water lily, blue star water lily or manel flower, is a water lily of genus Nymphaea. It is native to southern and eastern parts of Asia, and is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Lotus flower. The sacred lotus flower is an aquatic perennial plant that typically blooms vibrant petals of pink and white shades. It is one of the most beautiful plants to look at, but the lotus ...
Blue lotus may refer to: Nymphaea caerulea, a water lily in the genus Nymphaea that was known to the Ancient Egyptian civilizations. Nymphaea nouchali, a water lily of genus Nymphaea that is native to southern and eastern parts of Asia, containing the sedating alkaloids apomorphine and nuciferine. The Blue Lotus, a 1936 book in the Tintin series.
List of Missouri state symbols. Flag. Seal. Route marker. Quarter (released in 2003) The following is a list of the officially designated symbols of the U.S. state of Missouri.
Several states independently passed acts making it illegal under state law, including Kansas in March 2010, [165] Georgia and Alabama in May 2010, [166] [167] Tennessee and Missouri in July 2010, [168] [169] Louisiana in August 2010, [citation needed] Mississippi in September 2010, [citation needed] and Iowa. [170]
Flower of Nymphaea nouchali. White Tara holding an utpala flower. Utpala in Sanskrit is a neuter noun with two meanings, both given by Amarakoṣa (a lexicon of circa. 400 AD). The first meaning is Nymphaea nouchali, the "blue lotus", also known as kuvalaya in Sanskrit. [1][2] The second meaning of utpala is a variety of medicinal plant known ...