Lobelia nicotianifolia

Lobelia nicotianifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Campanulaceae
Subfamily:	Lobelioideae
Genus:	Lobelia
Species:	L. nicotianifolia
Binomial name
Lobelia nicotianifolia L.
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

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.

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

References

• http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Tobacco.html
• http://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/230301
• http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-353650
• http://dh-web.org/place.names/bot2sinhala.html#L
• http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=299787

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