Nymphaea nouchali Burm.f.
- Family: Nymphaeaceae
- Vernacular names: Ambel, Vellambel, ആമ്പൽ, വെള്ളാമ്പൽ (Malayalam), Indian water lily, (English), Kumuda (Sanskrit), Nilotpalam (Tamil)
- Distribution: Indo-Malesia and Tropical Africa
- Description: Rhizomatous aquatic herbs. Leaves alternate, elliptic or orbicular, reddish-purple beneath. Flowers deep red to purplish-white, slightly fragrant. Fruits globose with remnants of sepals, petals and stamens; seeds ellipsoid-globose.
- Habit: Aqualtic Plant
- Habitat: Ponds and pools in plains
- Flowering & Fruiting: Throughout the year
- Parts used: Rhizomes, flowers and seeds
- Properties & Uses: Powdered rhizomes are demulcent and diuretic; used in piles, dysentery and dyspepsia. Flowers are astringent, cardiotonic and refrigerant; alleviate cough, vomiting, giddiness, worms and burning of the skin. Filaments are astringent and cooling; useful in burning sensation, piles and menorrhagia. Seeds are cooling and used in medicines of cutaneous diseases.
- Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk,
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