Freshwater
Nymphaea zenkeri
Nymphaeaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, and 32 more countries.
Introduced to Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Polynesia, Guyana, Mauritius, Panama, Romania, and 3 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Nymphaea lotus, the white Egyptian lotus, tiger lotus, white lotus, or Egyptian water-lily, is a flowering plant of the family Nymphaeaceae.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Castalia edulis
- Castalia mystica
- Castalia sacra
- Nymphaea acutidens
- Nymphaea aegyptiaca
- Nymphaea boucheana
Articles
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