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 Plant nameNymphaea nelumbo L.
 LanguageLatin
 Latin nameNelumbo nucifera Gaertn. - please click to view full record
 Latin name (synonyms)Nelumbium speciosum Willd., Nelumbium nelumbo Druce, Nymphaea nelumbo L.
 Sanskrit namepadma, paṅkaja
 Prakrit namepadama, pauma, pamha, poma, pomma
 Hindi namekamal, kaṃval
 Bengali namepadma, sveta padma, kamal
 Tamil nametāmarai, centāmarai
 Malayalam nametāmara, veṇtāmara, centāmara
 English nameLotus, Sacred lotus, Indian lotus, Chinese water-lily
 
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