Plant

Sacred Lotus

Nelumbo nucifera

हिन्दी: कमल

Sacred Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Thana, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name: Nelumbo nucifera
Hindi name: कमल
Family: Nelumbonaceae, order Proteales
Group: Plant

A flower that rises clean from muddy water.

Spot it Large round leaves and big pink flowers above the water.
Home Ponds and lakes.
Food web Bees visit the flowers; birds eat the seeds; fish shelter beneath the leaves.
Why it matters Shades and cools the water, and shelters fish, frogs and insects.

Read more: Nelumbo nucifera on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2026, in Jaipur.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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