Nymphaea lotus Coptic flag. Claire Waight Keller included the flower to represent Malawi in Meghan Markle's wedding veil, which included the distinctive flora of each Commonwealth country. In some parts of Africa the rhizomes and tubers are eaten for the starch they contain either boiled, roasted or ground to a flour after drying. The young fruits are sometimes consumed as a salad. The seeds are turned into a meal. The tubers or the seeds are used as a famine food in India. The ancient Egyptians cultivated the white lotus in ponds and marshes. This flower often appears in ancient Egyptian decorations. They
Lotus Flower (song) "probably the only song on "The King of Limbs "with an actual chorus". Lewis speculated that the lyrics are about transcendence, self-effacement, and "the magic of losing yourself in music and the senses". "Lotus Flower" was released on Radiohead's eighth studio album, "The King of Limbs" (2011). Remixes of "Lotus Flower" by various artists were released later that year and compiled on the remix album "TKOL RMX 1234567." Though it was not released as a commercial single, "Lotus Flower" charted on the UK Singles Chart, the Ultratop 50, the US Alternative Songs chart and the US Rock Songs chart. "Billboard"