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Hippobroma longiflora

Hippobroma longiflora

(L.) G.Don
Estrellita

Family: Campanulaceae
Order: Asterales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Hippobroma longiflora, also called Star of Bethlehem or madamfate, is a flowering plant in the family Campanulaceae. It is the only species in the genus Hippobroma. It is endemic to Jamaica in the West Indies, but has become naturalised across the American tropics, Madagascar, southern and southeastern Asia, and Oceania.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant growing to 35 cm tall, with leaves 7–16 cm long and 1–3.7 cm broad, with a coarsely toothed margin. The five-petaled white flower has a slender floral tube only wide by in length. The plant contains two pyridine alkaloids, lobeline and nicotine. The effects of nicotine and lobeline are quite similar, with psychoactive effects at small dosages and with unpleasant effects including vomiting, muscle paralysis, and trembling at higher dosages. For this reason, H. longiflora (and its various synonyms) is often referenced for both its toxicity and its ethnobotanical uses.

Source: Wikipedia, article Hippobroma longiflora. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 646696
 
Uvita
Puntarenas
Costa Rica
04/05/2025
Eduardo Nadal



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
233415505/04/2025Costa RicaPuntarenasReserva Biológica Oro Verde, UvitaEduardo Nadal
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Hippobroma longiflora – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 20/09/2026.