Fox Nut, Foxnut, Makhana or Gorgon Plant, Euryale ferox, Nymphaeaceae, North India, China, Japan and Taiwan

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Fox Nut, Foxnut, Makhana or Gorgon Plant, Euryale ferox, Nymphaeaceae, North India, China, Japan and Taiwan. Euryale ferox, also known as fox nut, foxnut, makhana or gorgon plant is the only species in the genus Euryale. It is a flowering plant classified in the water lily family Nymphaeaceae although it is occasionally regarded as a distinct family, Euryalaceae. Unlike other water lilies the pollen grains of Euryale have three nuclei. The pads are very large and can be several metres across.

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Location: North India, China, Japan and Taiwan
Photo credit: © Florapix / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: aquatic, botanical, botany, china, euryalaceae, euryale, ferox, floating, flora, florapix, fox, foxnut, gorgon, india, japan, leaf, leaves, lily, makhana, nature, north, nut, nymphaeaceae, pad, plant, taiwan, water