Distribution and Habitat: Throughout Deccan peninsula.

Botany A herbaceous plant with stout and hollow stem grows to a height upto 5 m. 

• Leaves: Very large up to 45 cm long in lower part of the stem, main nerve of the leaf is whitish.
• Flowers: Appear in very large terminal branches, white in colour.
• Fruits: are up to 1 cm in diameter. Seeds are many and small, yellowish brown in colour.

Properties: Antiseptic

Chemical constituents: Lobeline, lobelanidine

Uses: It is used in scorpion bite, asthma and bronchitis

Propagation: By cuttings