Lobelia nicotianifolia Roth ex Roemer & Schultes

 
  • Family : CAMPANULACEAE
    (Bellflower Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DHAWAL FAMILY (धवल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Campanulaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lobelia nicotianifolia Roth ex Schult.
  • Common name : Wild tobacco
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kattupugayilai (Tamil)
    • Kattupukayila (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Undershrub
  • Habitat : Grasslands, shola and Tropical evergreen forests
  • Flower, Fruit : October-March
  • Collector(s) Name : Cecil J. Saldanha
  • Collection Date : 11/09/1953
  • Collection Nos : Cs 827
  • Collection Locality : Khandala, Pune district (MH)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Chikkamagaluru district, Dakshina Kannada district, Davanagare district, Hassan district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Pathanamthitta district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Maharashtra : Pune district
    • Tamil Nadu : Dindigul district, The Nilgiri district
  • World Distribution : Indo-Malesia, SE. Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Synoptic Flora of Mysore District
    • Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan District
    • Gowda, 2004 – Flora of Sringeri
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 – A Flora of Mysore District
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg District
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere District
    • Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Lobelia nicotianifolia. Downloaded on 6 October 2024.

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