Plants grow on a calm surface. Flowers and leaves are on the surface of the water, coming out of the stems coming from rhizomes that are in the mud at the bottom of a pond, river or swamp. The stem is in the middle of the leaf. The round leaves or wide oval shape are cut off on the fingers leading to the stalk. The leaf surface does not contain a layer of wax so that the water that falls onto the leaf surface does not form a grain of water.
The flower is in the stalk which is an extension of the rhizomes. Flower diameter between 5-10 cm.The lotus (Nymphaea) is the genus name for aquatic plants of the Nymphaeaceae tribe. In English known as water-lily or waterlily. In Indonesia, the lotus is also used to refer to the plants of the genusNelumbo (lotus). In ancient times, people were often mixed up between Nelumbo genus plants such as serojadengan genus Nymphaea (lotus). In Nelumbo, flowers are on the surface of the water (not floating), red flushed petals (white to yellow lotus), the leaves are full circle and the rhizome is usually consumed.