Euryale ferox
Euryale ferox, commonly known as prickly waterlily, makhana or Gorgon plant, is a species of water lily found in southern and eastern Asia, and the only extant member of the genus Euryale. The edible seeds, called fox nuts or makhana when dried, are eaten in Asia.
| Euryale ferox | |
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| Flowering Euryale ferox cultivated in the Botanischer Garten Berlin-Dahlem | |
| Botanical illustration of Euryale ferox from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1812). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Order: | Nymphaeales |
| Family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Genus: | Euryale Salisb. |
| Species: | E. ferox |
| Binomial name | |
| Euryale ferox | |
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