page_title: Euryale ferox
hierarchical_section_title: Euryale ferox
caption_attribution_description: Euryale_ferox
context_page_description: Euryale ferox is the only extant 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.
context_section_description: Euryale ferox (common names prickly waterlily, fox nut, foxnut, gorgon nut or makhana) is the only extant 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.
caption: Surface-floating leaf of Euryale ferox
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