| Family Name | Campanulaceae |
| Scientific name | Lobelia chinensis |
| Common name | Lobelia |
| Growth habit | Born in the rice paddies, the roadside and moist wasteland |
| Leaf | Alternative and sessile leaves. Smooth or sparsely toothed. Is lanceolated or elongated. |
| Flower | Single axillary flower. Fragrant pale white or pale reddish purple flowers. Thin pedicel and irregular corolla. Flowering between May and August. |
| Fruit | Capsule, inverted cone shaped. Fruit stage between August and October. |
| More to learn | The whole plant of Lobelia is seemed as an important Chinese medicine herb. It can promote swelling play a diuretic effect, antipyretic. The most attractive part of Lobelia is the flower that is likely to be cut into half. |
| Properties | Sweet tasting, mild taste, cold. In the heart, lung, bladder. |
| Treats | Promote swelling play a diuretic effect, antipyretic. Use for extensive abdominal edema, facial edema of legs, carbuncle and furuncle and snake bites. |
| Reference | General information on Lobelia Gallery on Lobelia |