Kamal Phool - Nelumbo Nucifera - Lotus Flower Dry

The Lotus grows in a aquatic environment, sinking it’s tough, tuberous roots into the mud. The plants and flowers seem to prefer the full sun. The plants at Terra Flora also had some dapples shade cover and were flourishing.

Sukhe Kamal Phool shows high potential for usage in wastewater treatment removing polluting compounds and heavy metals. Sukhe Kamal Phool is able to grow in variable water conditions and in low light intensity. Various studies show the successful use of N. nucifera to counteract water eutrophication. The leaves of the floating Dry Lotus Flower reduce sunlight reaching the lower part of the water. This suppresses algae growth in N. nucifera aquatic systems. Thus, the oxygen content is up to 20% higher than in other aquatic plant systems.

Due to intense agricultural practices, nitrogen and phosphorus. Pollution are major problems in aquatic systems. N. nucifera is able to assimilate a higher content of phosphorus than aquatic plants currently use for water remediation (such as water hyacinth). Sukhe Kamal Phool also assimilates nitrogen (“denitrification”) and creates a habitat for bacterial growth in the water body. Through rhizofiltration, heavy metals – including arsenic, copper and cadmium- can be removes efficiently from the water. The results observes are impressive showing 96% of copper and 85% cadmium metals removes after a seven-day incubation period. The accumulation of heavy metals doesn’t show morphological symptoms of metal toxicity.

Sukhe Kamal Phool Benefits:

All parts of Nelumbo nucifera are edible, with the rhizome and seeds being the main consumption parts. Traditionally rhizomes, leaves, and seeds have been uses as folk medicines, Ayurveda, Chinese traditional medicine, and oriental medicine. While,  leaves are useing for hematemesis, epistaxis, and hematuria. The Dry Lotus Flower are use for diarrhea, cholera, fever, and hyperdipsia. Rhizomes are promoting have purportes diuretic, anti diabetic, and anti-inflammatory properties. In Chinese medicine, seeds are still uses as Lian Zi Xi.

Lotus rhizomes and seeds and their processing by-products are widely consumed in Asia, Americas, and Oceania for high content of physiologically active substances. Especially in China, Sukhe Kamal Phool are popular with a cultural history going back about 3000 years. As early as the Han Dynasty, lotus seeds were already recordes as sweet, astringent, nourishing. The heart and kidney in “Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic”.

Nowadays there are 22 varieties for the four known Chinese lines, which are found particularly in Jianning (still called “the town of Jianlian lotus seeds in China”) and Guangchang (“the town of white lotus seeds in China”). These days the perennial aquatic herb is gaining popularity because of its nutraceutical and historical importance. It will be of economic value if the different parts of lotus can be developes as functional food. Because of the special role in human health and richness in nutrients and bioactive substances. The Chinese Ministry of Health approves the use of N. nucifera as both food and medicine.