Indian Elements Blue Lotus Flower, 30 g

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This is a 30 gram pack of dried blue water lily flowers, sold as Indian Elements Blue Lotus Flower. It holds one plant, Nymphaea caerulea, and nothing else.

The plant behind the name

True lotuses belong to the genus Nelumbo; this plant is a water lily, family Nymphaeaceae. Botanists at Kew file it under Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea and treat the name on the pack as a synonym. Kew maps its native range from Egypt to southern Africa, the southern Arabian Peninsula and the Comoros.

A living plant carries star-shaped, scented, pale blue blooms up to about 15 cm wide.

A flower from Egyptian art

Egyptian painters and carvers used the flower as a motif from the Old Kingdom (2686 to 2181 BC) into Roman times. Artists crowned the god Nefertem with it, and a wooden bust from Tutankhamun's tomb has the king's head rising out of one.

In the Indian Elements Blue Lotus Flower pack

• Net weight: 30 grams
• Ingredients as listed: Nymphaea Caerulea (100% natural)
• Storage: in a dark and dry place

The maker describes the scent as subtly sweet and the taste as slightly bitter. Indian Elements states that the flowers are meant for tea and prints 5 grams per day as the amount.

Indian Elements states that a pack with a broken seal should not be sold or bought.

Legal status and responsible use

The legal status of this product differs from country to country, and you are responsible for checking the law where you live. It is sold to adults aged 18 and over only.

Indian Elements prints these cautions:

• Keep out of reach of children.
• Ask a doctor before use if you are pregnant, breastfeeding or have health complaints.
• Strongly advised against for people with kidney or heart problems, high or low blood pressure or diabetes, and for anyone under the influence of medication, alcohol or drugs.
• Not a medicine. The maker classes it as a food supplement, to be used as such.

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