Nymphaeaceae
Euryale
Euryale ferox
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Euryale
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Common names
By language (29)
- Arabic
- يوريال فيروكس
- arz
- يوريال فيروكس
- Azerbaijani
- Qorxunc evrial, Evrial
- Bangla
- মাখনা
- Burmese
- ဆင်ကြာ
- Cantonese
- 芡實
- Chinese
- 芡, 假莲藕, 刺莲藕, 湖南根, 芡实, 芡实叶, 芡实根, 芡实茎
- Croatian
- Eurijale
- English
- Euryale, Gorgon, Prickly water lily, Fox nut, Gorgon plant, Onibasu, Prickly lotus, Prickly waterlily
- French
- Nénuphar épineux
- Hebrew
- אוריאלה קוצנית, יוריילה קוצנית
- Hindi
- मखाना
- Japanese
- オニバス, オニバス属
- Kannada
- ಜೇವಾರ
- Korean
- 가시연꽃, 가시연
- lzh
- 芡
- Maithili
- मखान
- mnc
- ᡤᠠᡥᠠ ᠶᠠᠰᠠ
- Persian
- نیلوفر آبی روباه
- Polish
- Rozłożnia kolczasta, Eurjala, Eurjala kolczasta, Rozłożnia
- Punjabi
- ਮਖਾਣਾ
- Russian
- Эвриала устрашающая, Эвриала
- Spanish
- Aneslea
- Swedish
- Rävnäckros, Rävnäckrossläktet
- Tamil
- அல்லி விதைகள்
- Telugu
- పూల్ మఖానా
- Thai
- เคียมซิก
- Vietnamese
- Khiếm thực
- wuu
- 鸡头米
Synonyms
- Anneslea spinosa Andrews
- Euryale ferox f. ussuriense Regel
- Euryale indica Planch.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Kim, Hyun-tae, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Hamachidori, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: The original uploader was ミュール at Japanese Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: The original uploader was ミュール at Japanese Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 京浜にけ at Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jitendraamishra, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.