Lobelia tupa

Lobelia tupa

Taxobox
name = "Lobelia tupa"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Asterales
familia = Campanulaceae
subfamilia = Lobelioideae
genus = "Lobelia"
species = "L. tupa"
binomial = "Lobelia tupa"
binomial_authority = L.

"Lobelia tupa" (Tupa, Tabaco del diablo) is a species of "Lobelia" native to central Chile from Valparaíso south to Los Lagos regions.Flora Chilena: [http://www.florachilena.cl/Niv_tax/Angiospermas/Ordenes/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Lobelia/tupa/Lobelia%20tupa.htm "Lobelia tupa"] ]

It is an evergreen perennial plant growing to 4 m tall. The foliage grey-green, with elliptical leaves 10–15 cm long. The flowers are red, trumpet-shaped, produced in a sympodium pattern. It is, and thrives in dry soils.

Its latex is used as an abortifacient, and a hallucinogen, which may explain one of its common names, "Tabaco del Diablo" (Devil's tobacco), ironically this plant has been used as a counter effect herb on nicotine addiction because of alkaloid Lobeline, a nicotinic agonist. The Mapuche Indians of Southern Chile consider it a sacred plant. Tupa leaves have also been found to contain chemicals that act as a respiratory stimulant.Plants for a Future: [http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Lobelia+tupa "Lobelia tupa"] ]

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