Lotus seed is the fruit of lotus, nut ellipsoid or ovate, 1.8-2.5 centimeters long, fruit leathery, hard, black-brown when ripe; seeds (lotus seed) ovate or ellipsoid, 1.2-1.7 centimeters long, seed coat red or white. Flowering period June-September, daily morning opening and closing, fruiting period August-October.

The lotus is generally distributed in Central Asia, West Asia, North America, India, China, Japan and other subtropical and temperate regions.

Lotus in China from Hainan Island in the south (about 19 degrees north latitude), north to Heilongjiang's Fujin (47.3 degrees north latitude), east of Shanghai and Taiwan Province, west to the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains, in addition to the Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province, most of the country are distributed. Vertical distribution up to 2000 meters above sea level, in the Qinling Mountains and Shennongjia deep pools and marshes can also be seen.

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Group classification

Chinese lotus is rich in varieties. There are more than 200 traditional varieties, and new varieties are constantly emerging. The classification of lotus varieties is based on the historical evolution of artificial cultivation of lotus, and appropriately combined with the practical application of cultivation.

Species and species type is the premise of variety classification, under which the size of the plant for the first classification standard, the heavy petal flowers for the second classification standard, flower color for the third classification standard. Where the caliber of 26 centimeters or less pots (tanks) can bloom, the average flower diameter does not exceed 12 centimeters;

Where one of them exceeds the target, that is, included in the large and medium strain varieties. According to the use of different can be divided into root lotus, child lotus and flower lotus three systems. According to the "Chinese lotus species atlas" classification standards *** divided into 3 series, 5 groups, 23 categories and 28 groups.