Nymphaea maculata Schumach. & Thonn.

Species

Angiosperms > Nymphaeales > Nymphaeaceae > Nymphaea

Characteristics

Leaves 2–5 x 1.8–4.5 cm., with long slender petiole, chartaceous, orbicular or suborbicular, incised-cordate, slightly peltate, lobes rounded, obtuse or acute, divergent, nearly closed or sometimes overlapping, smooth on both surfaces, upper surface dull green, under surface green, reddish or brownish-purple, primary lateral nerves 4–5 on each side of the midrib, impressed, slightly raised or inconspicuous.
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Sepals 4, 2–4 x 0.6–1 cm., oblong-lanceolate, green, sometimes with dark purple dots.
Petals white, or pale whitish lilac or tinged pale blue at the tips.
Delicate aquatic herb with elongate rhizome 1 cm. thick.
Petals 7–14, as long as the sepals, lanceolate, acute.
Flowers blue or pink (rarely white), 3–8 cm. in diam.
Stamens 8–20, connective appendage acute.
Seeds 1 mm. in diam., subglobose, smooth.
Fruit 1–1.5 cm. in diam., globose.
Carpels 6–10; stigma subsessile.
A waterlily.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material
Edible fruits rhizomes roots
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Nymphaea maculata world distribution map, present in Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:605613-1
WFO ID wfo-0000382077
COL ID 486CH
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Synonyms

Nymphaea poecila Nymphaea discolor Nymphaea maculata