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In the days of ancient Egypt, the lotus and the lotus to grow at the edge of the Nile. Nymphaea caerulea and Nymphaea lotus are two species that came from Egypt. Flowers N. caerulea was only a day, blooming in the morning and sank beneath the water at dusk. Flowers of N. lotus blooms at night and furl in the morning. Remains of the two types of native Egyptian lotus is found in the tomb of Ramesses II. Lotus (Nymphaea) is the genus name for plants of water from the tribe of Nymphaeaceae. In the English language known as water-lily or waterlily. In Indonesia, the lotus is also used to refer to plants of the genus Nelumbo (lotus). In ancient times, people do often confuse between plants such as Nelumbo genus with the genus Nymphaea lotus (lotus). In Nelumbo, there are flowers above the water (not floating), petal pink (to white lotus yellow), leaves full circle and rimpangnya usually consume. Lotus plants in the gardens because the flowers are beautiful. French painter named Claude Monet famous painting of a lotus flower. Plants growing on the surface of still water. Flowers and leaves are on the surface of the water, out of the shaft rizoma originating from inside the mud at the bottom of the pool, river or swamp. The shaft is in the middle of the leaf. Leaves circular or oval shape cut the width of the fingers toward the stem. Leaf surface does not contain a layer of wax so that the water that falls to the surface of the leaves do not form droplets. Flowers are on stalks that an extension of the rhizome. Flower diameter between 5-10 cm. Lotus consists of about 50 species spread from the tropics to temperate regions throughout the world. Lotus that grows in tropical areas come from Egypt