✿Campanulaceae · Lobelia
Dhawal / Wild Tobacco
Lobelia nicotianifolia
Undershruboutdoor
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- October-March
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Lobelia nicotianifolia
- Genus
- Lobelia
- Family
- Campanulaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Grasslands, shola and Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia, SE. Asia
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dhawal itself; the rest are typical of the Campanulaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Dhawal, Narasala
- Bengali
- Badanala
- Tamil
- Upperichedi
- Telugu
- Adavipogaku
- Kannada
- ಕಾಡುಹೊಗೆಸೊಪ್ಪು Kaduhogesoppu, ಕಂದಲೆ Kandale
- Malayalam
- Kattupokala
- Marathi
- Dhawal, रान तंबाखू Ran tambakhu
About Dhawal
Wild Tobacco (Lobelia nicotianifolia) belongs to the Campanulaceae family, where it grows as a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala and 10 other states. It grows in grasslands, shola and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to March.
Botanical family
Campanulaceae
Bellflower Family
Dhawal belongs to the Campanulaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
Explore the Campanulaceae family →Snap it. Know it.
Point your camera at Dhawal or any plant and SASYA identifies it instantly — on-device, offline, and private.