Wild Flowering Plants

Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaea amazonum   Mart. & Zucc.
Chapo dlo. Water lily.
Mexico to Tropical America.
Rare aquatic herb of fresh-water ponds.
Differs from the more common Nymphaea ampla by having straight edge to the leaf which is purple underneath and by having nocturnal flowers.
When this species is found (commonest around Vieux Fort) it is often mixed with Nymphaea ampla.
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