Lobelia zeylanica (PROSEA)
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Introduction |
- 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.