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.
Notable members
All 1 species in NELUMBONACEAE
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