A botanical perspective on the identity of soma (Nelumbo nucifera gaertn.) based on scriptural and iconographic records

Economic Botany

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  McDonald, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

India; Lotus; Narcotic plants; Nelumbo nucifera; Soma; Vedas

Indexed keywords

AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; CICONIIFORMES; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; UMBILICUS;

EID: 14344254294     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1663/0013-0001(2004)58[s147:abpoti]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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