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  2. Nymphaea nouchali - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. National Emblem of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The emblem was adopted shortly after independence in 1971. In the centre is a water lily, that is bordered on two sides by rice sheaves. Above the water lily are four stars and three connected jute leaves. The water lily is the country's national flower, and is representative of the many rivers that run through Bangladesh. Rice represents its ...

  4. Nymphaea pubescens - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Nymphaeaceae - Wikipedia

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    The Emblem of Bangladesh contains a lily floating on water. It is also the birth flower for the month of July. It is also the birth flower for the month of July. The Nymphaeaceae, which is also called (Nilufar Abi in Persian), can be seen in many reliefs of the Achaemenid period (552 BC) such as the statue of Anahita in the Persepolis .

  6. National symbols of Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    The water lily (Nymphaea nouchali) is the national flower of Bangladesh. Nymphaea nouchali is considered a medicinal plant in Indian Ayurvedic medicine under the name ambal; it was mainly used to treat indigestion. [12] Recent experiments have confirmed that it has medicinal qualities as an antihepatotoxic and antidiabetic.

  7. List of national flowers - Wikipedia

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    Nymphaea nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The national flower of Sri Lanka is Nil mānel (නිල් මානෙල්), the blue-star water-lily (Nymphaea stellata). [33] [34] Although nil means "blue" in Sinhala, the Sinhalese name of this plant

  8. Nymphaea - Wikipedia

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    The French Impressionist painter Claude Monet is known for his many paintings of water lilies in the pond in his garden at Giverny. [71] N. nouchali is the national flower of Bangladesh [72] and Sri Lanka. [73] Water lilies are also used as ritual narcotics.

  9. Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea - Wikipedia

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    Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea, [1] [a] is a water lily in the genus Nymphaea, a botanical variety of Nymphaea nouchali.. It is an aquatic plant of freshwater lakes, pools and rivers, naturally found throughout most of the eastern half of Africa, as well as parts of southern Arabia, but has also been spread to other regions as an ornamental plant.