Lobelia tupa is a species of Lobelia native to central Chile from Valparaíso south to Los Lagos regions.[1]
Lobelia tupa is an evergreen perennial plant which grows up to 4 m tall and thrives in dry soils.[1] The foliage is grey-green, with felty elliptical leaves 10–15 cm long. The flowers are red, tubular and 2-lipped and are produced in a sympodium pattern.
The plant has numerous ethnobotanical uses due to its pharmaceutically active alkaloids. The latex is used as an abortifacient, and the large, felty leaves are smoked as a narcotic with possible hallucinogenic effects - whence one of its common names, Tabaco del Diablo (Devil's tobacco). Ironically, this plant has been used to treat nicotine addiction because it contains the nicotine-related alkaloid Lobeline (a mixed agonist–antagonist at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors).[2][3] The Mapuche of Southern Chile consider it a sacred plant. Tupa leaves have also been found to contain chemicals that act as a respiratory stimulant.[4]
^ abFlora Chilena: Lobelia tupa
^Damaj MI, Patrick GS, Creasy KR, Martin BR (July 1997). "Pharmacology of lobeline, a nicotinic receptor ligand". The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 282 (1): 410–9. PMID 9223582.
^Miller DK, Harrod SB, Green TA, Wong MY, Bardo MT, Dwoskin LP (January 2003). "Lobeline attenuates locomotor stimulation induced by repeated nicotine administration in rats". Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior. 74 (2): 279–86. doi:10.1016/s0091-3057(02)00996-6. PMID 12479946. S2CID 20510311.
Asian Lobelia in Lobelia subg. Tupa. A New Zealand study concluded that local species of Hypsela, Isotoma and Pratia should be treated as Lobelia. See...
Tupa, member of the Colorado Senate Lobeliatupa, a species of flower TUPA, ICAO designation for Auguste George Airport, British Virgin Islands Tupa,...
Lobelia cardinalis, the cardinal flower (syn. L. fulgens), is a species of flowering plant in the bellflower family Campanulaceae native to the Americas...
Lobelia polyphylla, called the tabaco del Diablo (along with Lobeliatupa), is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae, native to northern...
the genus Lobelia, including Indian tobacco (Lobelia inflata), Devil's tobacco (Lobeliatupa), great lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica), Lobelia chinensis...
probably including lobeline. Lobelia telekii was previously classified under the Rhynchopetalum section within the Tupa subgenus. The genus has since...
Lobelia deckenii is a species of flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is a giant lobelia endemic to the mountains of Tanzania. It is listed...
list including Latua pubiflora, Desfontainia spinosa, Drimys winteri, Lobeliatupa and Datura stramonium. The specific name pillopillo is one of the common...
Spanish name Tabaco del Diablo – also meaning Devil's Tobacco – applied to Lobeliatupa, a narcotic plant smoked by the Mapuche of Chile. Iochroma arborescens...
Lobelia, and Platycodon (balloonflower). Campanula rapunculus (rampion or r. bellflower) and Codonopsis lanceolata are eaten as vegetables. Lobelia inflata...
a more impressive 87.5 percent for Drimys winteri and 80 percent for Lobeliatupa). Toxic compounds detected in the plant include quercetin-3-diglucoside...
giant Dendrosenecio is n = 50, and for the giant lobelias. Specifically Lobeliaceae, Lobelia subgenus Tupa section Rhynchopetalum it is n = 14. Only five...
Global Information
