NELUMBRO seems to come from the Latin 'umbra' shadow, darkness, meaning 'in the dark', because they are aquatic plants that bloom in dark and muddy waters, but that seek the sun withstand light frosts. But they are also called NELUMBO which comes from the Sinhalese 'nelumbo'. They are considered sacred in the East because they resemble the evolution of the soul, because mud is synonymous with ignorance from where it is born to become, with effort and difficulties, a beauty. The genus Nelumbo, of the family Nelumbonaceae, includes 2 species of aquatic plants from Asia, Australia, North America and the Caribbean. The species are: Nelumbo nucifera and Nelumbo lutea. The nelumbro is the national flower of several Asian countries
