Name – इन्दीवरम्
Botanical name – Nymphaea nouchali
Description – Aquatic herbs with round tuber. Leaves peltate, purplish below, orbicular or reniform. Flowers solitary, deep red to purplish- white. Berry fleshy.
Chemical Constituents-
Use – Rhizome demulcent, used in dysentery and dyspepsia. Flowers cardiotonic. Seeds used in cutaneous diseases