Hi, Satish ji,
Your first picture appears to be that of *Nymphaea nouchali* (Indian Red
Water Lily) & not of *Nelumbo neucifera* (Lotus). Details from Indiantreepix
Database:
*Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f. (syn. N. lotus L., N. rubra Roxb. ex
Salisb) * *Nymphaeaceae* *Indian Red Water Lily, Kanval, Koka, Lalakamal,
Raktakamal, Allitamara, Allitamarai, Nyadale huvu* Nymphaea nouchali
information from
NPGS/GRIN<http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402222>
Indian
Red Water Lily (Nymphaea nouchali) - indiantreepix | Google
Groups<http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/24e0ac8c1abfb7cb>
Lauas
/ Nymphaea nouchali Burm./ LOTUS LILY / WATER LILY: Philippine Medicinal
Herbs / StuartXchange <http://www.stuartxchange.org/Lauas.html>
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 1:19 PM, satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> There is one mistake in the above information. The plant *Nymphoides
> indicum(Kumud) *actually does not belong to the above family but belongs
> to *MENYANTHACEAE *family.
> Satish*
> *
> 2008/10/30 satish phadke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>> FAMILY OF THE WEEK : NYMPHACEAE
>> The family is represented by 8 genera and about 90 species most abundant
>> in tropics. In India there are 4 genera and 7 species occurring throughout
>> India.
>> Vegetative characters :
>> They are perennial aquatic herbs with a creeping or erect sympodial
>> rhizome. There is a scattered arrangement of vascular bundles.
>> The leaves are usually large, simple and long petioled, arising from the
>> root stalk or from the slender floating stem (Cabomba). They are usually
>> floating or sometimes emerged as in Nelumbo. often peltate.
>> Inflorescence and flowers :
>> The flowers are axillary, solitary, long peduncled, and float on the
>> surface or raised much above the water(Nelumbo) or partially submerged. The
>> flowers are large showy, often sweet scented, bisexual, actinomorphic,
>> hypogynous or more or less epigynous and acyclic to cyclic.
>> The calyx and corolla are poorly differentiated. The calyx is composed of
>> 3-5 sepals. The sepals are distinct and green or coloured and petioled.
>> The corolla is polypetalous with three to indefinite and variously
>> coloured or white showy petals. In Nymphea numerous spirally arranged petals
>> gradually pass into stamens.
>> The androecium is composed of three to indefinite distinct stamens. The
>> gynoecium is of two to three to numeruos carpels. In Nelumboideae there are
>> a large number of carpels which are embedded separately in round pits which
>> are on the flat upper surface of of a swollen spongy and obconical
>> receptacle.
>> Fruits and seeds :
>> In Cabomboideae the fruit is a closed indehiscent follicle with one to
>> three pendulous seeds. In Nelumboideae the fruit is indehiscent one seeded
>> nutlet. The seeds are with a large embryo and with no endo ro perisperm. In
>> Nymphaeoideae the fruit is a spongy berry with numerous seeds and it
>> dehisces by swelling of mucilage. The seeds have small embryo and endosperm
>> and abundant perisperm.
>> Pollination and seed dispersal :
>> Bright and showy fragrant flowers favour pollination by insect, flies and
>> small beetles.Seed dispersal is mostly by water. Somespecies of Nuphar,
>> Brasenia, and Cabomba are dispersed by ducks which eat the pulp of these
>> fruits greedily.
>> Examples :
>> Nelumbo nucifera (Lotus) Kamal Nymphaea nauchali(Indian red water Lily)
>> Nymphaea
>> stellata(Indian blue water Lily) Nymphaea alba (European white water
>> Lily) Victoria amazonica(Royal water Lily)
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