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name: Lotus

flavor_bible_name_variants: lotus root

flavor_bible_pairings_ids: ginger,lemon,lime,oil vegetable,salads,soups,soy sauce,stirfried dishes,tempura,vinegar rice,wine rice

status: draft

source: foodb,flavor_bible

food_db_name: Lotus

flavor_db_name_variants: lotus

name_scientific: Nelumbo

description: Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers resembling the water lily, but not closely related to it. It is commonly called lotus, though this name may be applied to other genera, and there is an unrelated genus Lotus. The generic name is derived from the Sinhalese word Nelum. There are only two known living species in the genus. The sacred lotus (N. nucifera) is native to Asia, and is the better known of the two. It is commonly cultivated, and also used in Chinese medicine and cooking. This species is the national flower of India and Vietnam. The American lotus (N. lutea) is native to North America and the Caribbean. Horticultural hybrids have been produced between these two geographically separated species. A third, extinct species, N. aureavallis, is known from Eocene fossils from North Dakota, United States.

itis_id: 18397

wikipedia_id: Nelumbo

picture_file_name: 406.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 74143

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:38:46.000Z

legacy_id: 433

food_group: Herbs and Spices

food_subgroup: Other seeds

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:40.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:24.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 4430

export_to_foodb: true

public_id: FOOD00401