| Accepted name: |
Lobelia inflata L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Wild Tobacco
Indian Tobacco
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| French names: |
Lobélie gonflée
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Campanulales
Family: Campanulaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HLOBIN
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
In warmer temperate areas (USA, E Europe, India, Korea) occasionally cultivated as medicinal plant which contains several pyridine alkaloids effective against lung diseases. The American Indians used it like tobacco (1). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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