| Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea | |
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| A Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea flower | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Nymphaea |
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| Variety: | N. n. var. caerulea
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| Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea | |
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Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea,[1][a] is a water lily in the genus Nymphaea, a botanical variety of Nymphaea nouchali.
It is an aquatic plant of freshwater lakes, pools and rivers, naturally found throughout most of the eastern half of Africa, as well as parts of southern Arabia, but has also been spread to other regions as an ornamental plant. It was grown by the Ancient Egyptian civilization, and had significance in their religion.
It can tolerate the roots being in anoxic mud in nutritionally poor conditions, and can become a dominant plant in deeper water in such habitats. It is associated with a species of snail, which is one of the main hosts of the pathogen causing human schistosomiasis.
The underwater rhizomes are edible. Like some other species in the genus, the plant contains psychoactive aporphine alkaloids such as nuciferine, and possibly aporphine itself.[inconsistent] (not to be confused with apomorphine, a metabolic product of aporphine).
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- ^ a b c d "Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Nymphaea caerulea". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO). Retrieved 2020-10-17.
- ^ a b c Viljoen, Cherise; Notten, Alice (January 2002). "Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea". PlantZAfrica. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Cholo, F.; Foden, W. (22 May 2006). "Blue Waterlily". Red List of South African Plants. version 2020.1. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ "Nymphaea caerulea". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Wiersema, John H. (21 August 1997). "Nymphaea capensis Thunberg, Prodr. Pl. Cap. 2: 92. 1800 in Nymphaea". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Nancy R. Morin (ed.). Flora of North America: North of Mexico. Vol. 3. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195112467.
- ^ "Nymphaea capensis Thunb". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Wunderlin, Richard P.; Hansen, Bruce F.; Franck, Alan R.; Essig, F. B. (30 March 2021). "Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis". Atlas of Florida Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
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