Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lobelia inflata L. [Campanulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asthma weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aufgeblasene lobelie	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bladder-podded lobelia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bladderpod	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
devanala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gagroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hierba del asma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indian tabacco	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
indian tobacco	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
indian tobacco plant	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian-tobacco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indianer-tabak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indianertabak	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
indianischer tabak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jié gěng kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lobelia	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lobelia inflata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
lobeliae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lobelie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lobélia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
lobélie enflée	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
läkelobelia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
puke weed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pukeweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shān dà gěng cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān gěng cài shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tabac indien	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabaco indiano	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
tabaco indio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabaco-indiano	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vomitroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild tobacco	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
山大梗菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山梗菜属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桔梗科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem, flowerieur		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower, leaf	fluid extract, powdered drug, tincture, vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

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

Dortmanna inflata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 380 (1891).
Lobelia inflata f. albiflora Moldenke Castanea 9: 65 (1944).
Lobelia inflata var. simplex Millsp. Fl. W. Virginia: 398 (1892).
Lobelia michauxii Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 76 (1818).
Rapuntium inflatum (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 5 (1768).
Rapuntium michauxii (Nutt.) C.Presl Prodr. Monogr. Lobel.: 25 (1836).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lobelia inflata	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Lobelia inflata L	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Lobelia inflata L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lobelia inflata Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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