Nelumbonaceae
Lotus Family
The Nelumbonaceae family (Lotus Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Proteales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a herb. Several members are valued in traditional medicine.
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Large, round, waxy leaves held well above the water on stiff upright stalks, unlike water lilies whose leaves float flat on the surface; big, many-petalled flowers rise on their own tall stalk, ripening into a distinctive flat-topped seed pod studded with separate holes, each hiding one seed.
The flat-topped seed pod, riddled with separate seed-holding chambers like a watering-can rose, is one of the most instantly recognisable fruiting structures in the plant kingdom.
To check whether a plant belongs to Nelumbonaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.
Learn the full family-identification methodNotable members
Families that can look similar
Proteaceae
Compare against Proteaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare ProteaceaeSabiaceae
Compare against Sabiaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare SabiaceaePlatanaceae
Compare against Platanaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.
Compare PlatanaceaeAll 1 species in NELUMBONACEAE
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