Devil's Tobacco, Tabaco del Diablo (Lobelia Tupa)

**Scientific Classification**
Kingdom:	*Plantae*
Division:	*Magnoliophyta*
Class:	*Magnoliopsida*
Order:	*Asterales*
Family:	*Campanulaceae*
Genus:	*Lobelia*
Species:	*Lobelia Tupa*

Description

Lobelia tupa is a species of the genus Lobelia which bears luxuriant, grey-green, elliptical foliage and beautiful red trumpet-shaped flowers in a sympodium pattern. It is native to Chile, and thrives in dry soils, where it can attain heights of 5 feet. 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. 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.

Native Flowers Menu

(Anemone Trifolia) Pennywort, Kidneywort, Liverwort (Anemone Hepatica) Poppy Anemone (Anemone Coronaria) Snowdrop Windflower, Wood Anemone (Anemone Sylvestis) Windflower, European Thimbleweed, Smell Fox (Anemone Nemorosa) Yellow Wood Anemone, Yellow Anemone, Buttercup Anemone (Anemone Ranunculoides) (Allamanda Angustifolia) Bulbous Buttercup (Ranunculus Bulbosus) Bush Allamanda (Allamanda Schottii or Allamanda Neriifolia) Buttercups, Spearworts, Water Crowfoots (Ranunculus) Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus Repens) Golden Trumpet (Allamanda Cathartica) Glacier Buttercup, Glacier Crowfoot (Ranunculus Glacialis) Lesser Celandine (Ranunculus Ficaria, Ficaria Grandiflora, Ficaria Verna) Meadow Buttercup (Ranunculus Acris) Persian Buttercup (Ranunculus Asiaticus) Pond Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus Peltatus) Purple Allamanda, Violet Allamanda (Allamanda Blanchetii or Allamanda Violacea) Pygmy Buttercup, Dwarf Buttercup (Raninculus Pygmaeus) Devil's Tobacco, Tabaco del Diablo (Lobelia Tupa) Fairy Lily, White Rain Lily, August Rain Lily, White Zephyr Lily, Peruvian Swamp-Lily, Zephyr Flower, Autumn Zephyr Lily (Zephyranthes Candida) Pearl Lupin, Andean Lupin, South American Lupin, Tarwi, Tarhui, Chocho, Altramuz (Lupinus Mutabilis) Four-O-Clock Flower, Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis Jalapa) Beach Morning Glory, Goat's Foot (Ipomoea Pes-Caprae) Fire Vine, Spanish Flag (Ipomoea Versicolor) Hummingbird Vine, Cypress Vine, Star Glory (Ipomoea Quamoclit) Moonflower, Moon Vine (Ipomoea Alba) Morning Glory (Calystegia, Convolvulus, Ipomoea, Merremia, Rivea) (Rivea Corymbosa or Turbina Corymbosa) Scarlet Creeper, Scarlet Morning Glory, Ivy-Leaf Morning Glory, Star Ipomoea, Trompillo (Ipomoea Hederifolia or Ipomoea Coccinea) Sweet Potato, Yam (Ipomoea Batatas) Canary Creeper, Canarybird Flower, Canarybird Vine, Canary Nasturtium (Tropaeolum Peregrinum) Garden Nasturium, Indian Cress (Tropaeolum Majus) Mashua, Anu (Tropaeolum Tubersum) Nasturium (Tropaeolum) Moss Rose, Moss-Rose Purslane (Portulaca Grandiflora) Purslane(Portulaca) Hummingbird Sage, Anise-Scented Sage (Salvia Guaranitica) Scarlet Sage, Tropical Sage (Salvia Splendens) Begonia Brazilian Vervain (Verbena Brasiliensis) Elephant Ear, Heart of Jesus, Angel Wings (Caladium) Petunia Whiteweed (Ageratum)