- Family : SOLANACEAE
(Nightshade Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : BAINGAN FAMILY (बैंगन फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Solanaceae
- Synonym(s) : Nicotia rustica (L.) Opiz; Nicotiana andicola Kunth; Nicotiana asiatica Schult.; Nicotiana brasilia Steud.; Nicotiana humilis Steud.; Nicotiana humilis Link; Nicotiana minor Garsault; Nicotiana pavonii Dunal; Nicotiana pavonii var. rotundifolia Comes; Nicotiana pumila Steud.; Nicotiana rugosa Mill.; Nicotiana rustica var. asiatica Schrank; Nicotiana rustica var. brasilia Schrank; Nicotiana rustica var. humilis Schrank; Nicotiana rustica var. pavonii (Dunal) Goodsp.; Nicotiana rustica var. pumila Schrank; Nicotiana rustica var. texana (Maxim.) Comes; Nicotiana scabra Lehm.; Nicotiana sibirica Lehm.; Nicotiana tatarica Lehm.; Nicotiana texana Maxim.; Nicotiana turcica Dunal
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Nicotiana rustica L.
- Common name : Aztec Tobacco, Strong Tobacco, Wild tobacco, Sacred Tobacco, Mapacho, Shamanic Tobacco
- Vernacular name :
- Tambakhu (Hindi)
- Naati hogesoppu (Kannada)
- Hidakmana (Manipuri)
- Tambaku sarti (Urdu)
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : Cultivated
- Comments / notes : All parts of the plant contain nicotine which is a strong narcotic. The leaves are antispasmodic, cathartic, emetic, narcotic and sedative. They are used externally as a poultice and a wash in the treatment of rheumatic swelling, skin diseases and scorpion sting.
- Key identification features : All leaves shortly petiolate, base cordate or obtuse; corolla 12-17mm excluding limb, greenish-yellow, tube differentiated into short cylindrical lower part and much broader campanulate-obconical throat
- Flower, Fruit : February-August
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Himachal Pradesh : Kameng
- Punjab : Punjab
- Native : Peru
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- World Distribution : Peru and Albania, Algeria, Angola, Austria, Baleares, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burkina, Cameroon, Canary Is., Central African Repu, Chad, China, Colombia, Corse, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Illinois, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Krym, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Netherlands, New York, North European Russi, Pakistan, Qinghai, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tanzania, Texas, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 184
- GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 3. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 1073
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 204
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Nicotiana rustica. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.
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