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