荷花Nelumbo nucifera

中文名(Chinese Name):荷花
学名(Scientific Name):Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.
英文名(English Common Name):sacred lotus
别名(Chinese Common Name):莲、芙蕖
异名(Synonym):Nymphaea nelumbo L.  Nelumbo komarovii Grossh.  Nelumbium speciosum Willd.  Nelumbo nucifera var. macrorhizomata Nakai  Nelumbium nuciferum Gaertn.  Nelumbium nelumbo (L.) Druce  Nelumbo speciosa Willd.  Nelumbium marginatum Steud.  Nelumbium rheedii C.Presl  Nelumbium tamara Sweet  Nelumbium transversum C.Presl  Nelumbium turbinatum Blanco  Nelumbium venosum C.Presl  Nelumbo indica Pers.  Nelumbo nelumbo (L.) H.Karst.  Nelumbo speciosa var. alba F.M.Bailey  Tamara alba Roxb. ex Steud.  Tamara hemisphaerica Buch.-Ham. ex Pritz.  Tamara rubra Roxb. ex Steud.  Nelumbium album Bercht. & J.Presl  Nelumbium asiaticum Rich.  Nelumbium caspicum Fisch. ex DC.  Nelumbium caspium Eichw.  Nelumbium discolor Steud.  Nelumbium javanicum Poir. 
科属Family & Genus):睡莲科(Nymphaeaceae)莲属
形态特征(Description):多年生水生草本;根状茎横生,肥厚,节间膨大,内有多数纵行通气孔道,节部缢缩,上生黑色鳞叶,下生须状不定根。叶圆形,盾状,直径25-90厘米,全缘稍呈波状,上面光滑,具白粉,下面叶脉从中央射出,有1-2次叉状分枝;叶柄粗壮,圆柱形,长1-2米,中空,外面散生小刺。花梗和叶柄等长或稍长,也散生小刺;花直径10-20厘米,美丽,芳香;花瓣红色、粉红色或白色,矩圆状椭圆形至倒卵形,长5-10厘米,宽3-5厘米,由外向内渐小,有时变成雄蕊,先端圆钝或微尖;花药条形,花丝细长,着生在花托之下;花柱极短,柱头顶生;花托(莲房)直径5-10厘米。坚果椭圆形或卵形,长1.8-2.5厘米,果皮革质,坚硬,熟时黑褐色;种子(莲子)卵形或椭圆形,长1.2-1.7厘米,种皮红色或白色。花期6-8月,果期8-10月。
分布(Distribution):产于我国南北各省,自生或栽培在池塘或水田内。俄罗斯、朝鲜、日本、印度、越南、亚洲南部和大洋洲均有分布。
用途(Use):根状茎(藕)作蔬菜或提制淀粉(藕粉);种子供食用。叶、叶柄、花托、花、雄蕊、果实、种子及根状茎均作药用;藕及莲子为营养品,叶(荷叶)及叶柄(荷梗)煎水喝可清暑热,藕节、荷叶、荷梗、莲房、雄蕊及莲子都富有鞣质,作收敛止血药。叶为茶的代用品,又作包装材料。
引自中国植物志英文版:FOC Vol. 6 Page 114
Nelumbo nucifera Gaertner, Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 73. 1788.
莲 lian    | Nelumbonaceae  | Nelumbo
Nelumbo komarovii Grossheim; N. nucifera var. macrorhizomata Nakai; Nelumbium speciosum Willdenow; Nymphaea nelumbo Linnaeus.
Petiole 1--2 m, terete, fistulous, glabrous or papillae hard and scattered; leaf blade abaxially blue-green, orbicular, 25--90 cm in diam., papery, glabrous, glaucous, water-repellent, margin entire. Flowers 10--23 cm in diam.; peduncles longer than petioles, glabrous or sparsely spinulate. Tepals caducous, pink or white, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 5--10 × 3--5 cm. Stamens slightly longer than receptacle; filament slender; anther linear, 1--2 mm; connective appendage clavate, to 7 mm, incurved. Receptacle accrescent, turbinate, 5--10 cm in diam. Fruit oblong to ovoid, 1.0--2.0 × 7--15 cm, glabrous; pericarp thick, hardened. Fl. Jun--Aug. 2n = 16.
Lakes, ponds, cultivated. Throughout China except Nei Mongol, Qinghai, and Xizang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia (Java), Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia (Far East), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; SW Asia, Australia].
This species is cultivated for its edible rhizomes and seeds.
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