Lobelia nicotianifolia Roth is a plant in the Campanulaceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Lobelia nicotianifolia Roth

Lobelia nicotianifolia Roth

Lobelia nicotianifolia, commonly called wild tobacco, is a poisonous flowering plant found mainly in India and Sri Lanka with medicinal uses in India.

Family
Genus
Lobelia
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Lobelia nicotianifolia Roth

Lobelia nicotianifolia Roth is a species of flowering plant that is distributed mainly across India and Sri Lanka. It is commonly known as wild tobacco, since its leaves look similar to tobacco leaves. This plant is poisonous. In India, Lobelia nicotianifolia is used for medicinal purposes to treat bronchitis, asthma, insect bites, and scorpion bites. It is also used to induce nausea and vomiting.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Campanulaceae Lobelia

More from Campanulaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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