Lobelia nicotianifolia

Lobelia nicotianifolia is a species of flowering plant with a distribution primarily across India and Sri Lanka. It is commonly called wild tobacco, because the leaves resemble tobacco leaves. It is a poisonous plant.

Lobelia nicotianifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Campanulaceae
Genus: Lobelia
Species:
L. nicotianifolia
Binomial name
Lobelia nicotianifolia
Synonyms
  • Lobelia nicotianaefolia
  • Dortmannia nicotianifolia (Roth ex Schult.) Kuntze
  • Lobelia camptodon E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia courtallensis K.K.N.Nair
  • Lobelia nicotianifolia var. bibarbata E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia nicotianifolia var. brevipedicellata E.Wimm.
  • Lobelia nicotianifolia var. macrostemon Skottsb.
  • Lobelia nicotianifolia var. trichandra (Wight) C.B.Clarke
  • Lobelia trichandra Wight
  • Rapuntium nicotianifolium (Roth ex Schult.) C.Presl

Flowering

December.

Medicinal uses

Lobelia nicotianifolia is used in India to treat bronchitis, asthma, and insect and scorpion bites and to induce nausea and vomiting

Common names
  • English: Wild tobacco
  • Hindi: धवल Dhawal, नरसल Narasala
  • Marathi: Dhawal, रान तंबाखू Ran tambakhu
  • Tamil: Upperichedi, காட்டுப்புகையிலை Kattu-p-pukaiyilai
  • Malayalam: Kattupokala, കാട് പുകയില Kaat Pukayila
  • Telugu: అడవి పొగాకు Adavipogaku
  • Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಹೊಗೆಸೊಪ್ಪು Kadahogesoppu, ಕಾಡು ತಮ್ಬಾಕು Kaadu Tambaaku
  • Bengali: Badanala
  • Gujarati: નળી Nali
  • Sinhala: Wal dunkola
  • Konkani: बकनल Baknal
  • Sanskrit: म्रित्युपुष्प Mrityupushpa, म्रदुछड़ Mriduchhada, महानाला Mahanala, सुराद्रुम Suradruma
  • Bengali: নাল Nala, বাদানাল Badanala
  • Mizo: Berawchal

References
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