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Lotus Town
Lotus Town
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Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Lotus Town
Phone:
+86 20 8486 1599

Address:
East of Fanyu District, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511400, China

Nelumbo nucifera, also known as Indian lotus, sacred lotus, bean of India, Egyptian bean or simply lotus, is one of two extant species of aquatic plant in the family Nelumbonaceae. It is often colloquially called a water lily. Under favorable circumstances the seeds of this aquatic perennial may remain viable for many years, with the oldest recorded lotus germination being from that of seeds 1,300 years old recovered from a dry lakebed in northeastern China.It has a very wide native distribution, ranging from central and northern India , through northern Indochina and East Asia , with isolated locations at the Caspian Sea. Today the species also occurs in southern India, Sri Lanka, virtually all of Southeast Asia, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia, but this is probably the result of human translocations. It has a very long history of being cultivated for its edible seeds, and it is commonly cultivated in water gardens. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam.
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