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N. peltata are commonly sold for use in ornamental water gardens. [3] [10] The species is intentionally or accidentally transferred to lakes and rivers outside of its native range. [2] In the United States, the first recorded occurrence of the plant was in 1882 in Massachusetts, [3] and the plant has been sold domestically since the 1930s. [16]
N. tetragona is an important ornamental plant. [7] [14] [20] The buds of the leaf and the seeds can also be used as food. [14] In Buddhism, it is used as an offering flower. [21] It has a rich history of use in ethnomedicine. [20] Tribal practitioners of herbal medicine would use the rhizomes of N. tetragona to treat dysentery and diarrhea. [20]
The genus name refers to their resemblance to the water lily Nymphaea. Nymphoides are aquatic plants with submerged roots and floating leaves that hold the small flowers above the water surface. Flowers are sympetalous, most often divided into five lobes (petals). The petals are either yellow or white, and may be adorned with lateral wings or ...
Nymphoides aquatica is an aquatic plant in the Menyanthaceae, native to the southeastern United States from Texas to Maryland. [1] [2] It is known variously as the banana plant, banana lily, and the big floatingheart. It is most commonly called the banana plant because of its banana-shaped roots. These unusual roots store nutrients.
The hairy water lily is an aquatic plant having erect perennial rhizomes or rootstocks that anchor it to the mud in the bottom. The rhizomes produce slender stolons . Its leave blades are round above the water and heart-shaped below 15–26(–50) cm, papery, abaxially densely pubescent.
Complete specimen of Nymphaea cf. gardneriana Planch. with several floating leaves, as well as submerged leaves with scale bar (50 cm) on a white background Complete specimen of Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc. with scale bar (50 cm) on a white background Rhizome of Nymphaea gigantea "Albert De Lestang" with scale bar (5 cm) against a grey background Seeds of Nymphaea alba with ...
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