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Lobelia leschenaultiana
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Family:
LOBELIACEAE
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Citation: Lobelia leschenaultiana (Presl) Skottsb., Acta Horti Gothob. 4: 4. ff. 3-7. 1928; Haridasan & Mukh. in Nayar et al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 19: 52. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 260. 1990; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 57. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 217. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 175. 2002; Rajeev & Diwakar, Indian J. For. 33: 628. 2010.
Rapuntium leschenaultianum Presl, Prodr. Monogr. Lobel. 24. 1836.
Lobelia excelsa Lesch. ex Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 114. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 427. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 737(518). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 162. 1988; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 94. 2000.
Lobelia beddomeana Wimmer in Engl., Pflanzenr., Campanulac.-Lobel. II. 645. 1953.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattupukayila, Thonnali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Wild Tobacco
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Description:
Stout erect shrubs, usually unbranched. Leaves 15-25 x 3-6 cm, linear-elliptic, densely pubescent below, shortly and broadly petiolate. Racemes terminal, 25-60 cm long; bracts 2.5 cm long, linear, pubescent; flowers numerous, densely packed; pedicel pubescent; bracts 2.5 cm long, linear; sepals 14 x 2 mm, linear, acuminate, serrate, pubescent; corolla pale pink, 25 mm long, lobes linear; staminal tube narrow, 2.5 cm long, anthers 7 mm long, all glabrous. Capsule 8 x 8 mm, depressed globose, scabrid; seeds biconvex, brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grasslands and shola forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink, Violet
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
800-2240
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Localities:
Uppermanalar, Karimala, Sispara, Kanthaloor forests, Karasurymala, Vavalamala
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