Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lobelia leschenaultiana (C.Presl) Skottsb. [Campanulaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
devanala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lobelia leschenaultiana whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
nala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lobelia excelsa Lesch. ex Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 114 (1824), nom. illeg.
Dortmanna leschenaultiana (C.Presl) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 972 (1891).
Lobelia aromatica Moon ex Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4: t. 1172 (1848).
Lobelia camptodon E.Wimm. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 56: 366 (1948).
Lobelia nicotianifolia var. macrostemon Skottsb. Acta Horti Gothob. 4: 12 (1928).
Rapuntium leschenaultianum C.Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 24 (1836).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lobelia excelsa Lesch.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lobelia excelsa Leschenault	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lobelia leschenaultiana	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Lobelia leschenaultiana (C.Presl) Skottsb.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Lobelia leschenaultiana (Presl) Skottsb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Lobelia leschenaultina (Persl) Skottsb.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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