Lobelia zeylanica (PROSEA)

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Lobelia zeylanica L.

Family: Campanulaceae

Synonyms

  • Lobelia succulenta Blume.

Vernacular names

  • Indonesia: ranci jajar (Java), ramu kuya (West Java)
  • Vietnam: bã thuốc, lô bê tích lan.

Distribution

From India to Southern China and Taiwan, throughout South-East Asia, and Fiji Islands.

Uses

In Java young parts are eaten raw, cooked or mixed with other vegetables.


Observations

  • Creeping or ascending herb, 15-100 cm long, stem terete, rooting at the lower nodes.
  • Leaves spirally arranged; petiole up to 2 cm long; leaf-blade ovate to broadly ovate, 1-6 cm × 0.5-3.5 cm, glabrous or puberulous.

In shady, humid places, under everwet climatic conditions, up to 1500(-2000) m altitude.

Selected sources

8, 33, 66, 91.