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==Uses==
{{Uses|Premature ejaculation}}, {{Uses|Abdominal cramps}}, {{Uses|Bloody discharges}}, {{Uses|Gastric ulcers}}, {{Uses|Excessive menstruation}}, {{Uses|Post-partum haemorrhage}}, {{Uses|Haemolysis}}, {{Uses|Uterine bleeding}}.<ref name="Uses"/>
===Food===
Nelumbo nucifera can be used in Food. Starchy rhizome is cooked as vegetable. Bhaji (Pakodas) are made by coating the cut pieces of rhizome with batter of gram flour and then frying in oil. Rhizome is sometimes pickled. Boiled leaf stalks and flowers are consumed as vegetable. Seeds eaten raw, roasted or cooked.<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Parts Used==
===Prabhava===
===Nutritional components===
Nelumbo nucifera Contains the Following nutritional components like - Vitamin-B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 and C; Choline; Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>
==Habit==
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the subtropics and tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 1,400 metres, it can also be grown in cooler climates that have a hot growing season of at least 5 months.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>. Nelumbo nucifera is available through July to October<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat"/>.
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
<ref name="Uses">Indian Medicinal Plants by C.P.Khare</ref>
<ref name="Plant family">Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:155</ref>
<ref name="Forest foods of Western Ghat">"Forest food for Northern region of Western Ghats" by Dr. Mandar N. Datar and Dr. Anuradha S. Upadhye, Page No.118, Published by Maharashtra Association for the Cultivation of Science (MACS) Agharkar Research Institute, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar Road, Pune</ref>
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