Lobelia nicotianifolia
| Lobelia nicotianifolia | |
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| 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. | |
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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