date:Jan 06, 2020
are several brands in India and in the US that still wrongly describe the product as lotus seeds.
The major difference between these seeds is that they come from different plants. Whereas water lily seeds belong to the Euryale Ferox plant species and come from the prickly water lily plant grown in the north east of India, lotus seeds come from an entirely different plant species - Nelumbo Nucifera.
The seeds also hold different cultural significance. Lotus seeds are commonly used in Chinese c