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Prickly Waterlily
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Prickly Waterlily

Euryale ferox

Euryale ferox (also known fox nut, foxnut, gorgon nut, makhana, makhana in Hindi and Punjabi, thangjing in Meitei, nikori in Assamese, onibasu in Japanese, gasiyeon in Korean) is the only extant species in the genus Euryale. It is a flowering plant classified in the water lily family, Nymphaeaceae, although it is occasionally regarded as a distinct family Euryalaceae. Unlike other water lilies, the pollen grains of Euryale have three nuclei.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Prickly Waterlily in Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica

李時珍 · 1596 · p.93

Prickly Waterlily in Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 105)

Sancai Tuhui (Vol. 105)

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.44

Prickly Waterlily in Illustrated Herbal Primer

Illustrated Herbal Primer

Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.253

Prickly Waterlily in Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants

Illustrated Investigation of the Names and Realities of Plants

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.21

Prickly Waterlily in Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Complete Treatise on Agricultural Administration

Xu Guangqi · 1909 · p.826

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 183481.