Lotus root is the fat root of a plant Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.

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Basic Botanical Info of Lotus.

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 Family: nymphaeaceae or nelumbonaceae.
 Scientific Name: Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
 Preferred Scientific Name:Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner (1788)
 Other Scientific Names:Nelumbium nelumbo (L.) Druce (1913);Nelumbium speciosum Willd. (1799);Nymphaea nelumbo L. (1753)
 Latin: Nelumbo nucifera
 Synonym: Nelumbium nelumbo, Nelumbo speciosa, Nelumbium speciosum
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 Common name: kamal,lian,egyptian lotus, teratai, sacred waterlily, sacred lotus, bunga telpok.
 Common Name : sacred water lotus,sacred water lilly,pink lotus,lian,lian hua,lian ou,he ou,Ou,Ou jie,Ou gen,Ou pian,Ou fen.Lotus is also called Sacred Water Lotus, Sacred Lotus, and Chinese Arrowroot.
 Part Used : Lotus flower petals, Lotus seeds, Lotus leaves, Lotus roots;seeds and root (strongest in the nodes of the root) leaves, plumule (the sprout)
 Habitat :Found in ponds and swamps
 Planet: Moon
 Element: Water
 Taste: sweet, astringent
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 Meridians:
 seeds and plumule: heart, spleen, kidney
 root: lung, stomach, liver
 leaves: heart, liver, spleen

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last edit date:2nd,July.2009.