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Nicotiana tabacum L.
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Scientific Synonyms:
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| Previous name used in the website: |
Nicotiana tabacum |
| Family name: |
SOLANACEAE
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| English name: |
Tobacco
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| Sinhala name: |
Dum kola (දුම්කොළ)
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| Tamil name: |
Pukaiyilai
Puhaiyilai
Nattuppukaiyilai
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| Sanskrit name: |
Dhumapatram
Gucchaphala
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| Conservation status: |
NE - Not Evaluated - Due to exotic origin
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| Description: |
An annual herb, up to 2.5m high; all parts sticky, covered with short viscid-glandular hairs, which exude a yellow secretion containing nicotine. Leaves varied in size, the lower leaves are the largest up to 60 cm long, decurrent at the base, the following leaves decrease in size, the upper one sessile and smallest, oblong- lanceolate or elliptic; petiole short. Inflorescences many flowered. Flowers long trumpet shaped, white-pinkish with pale violet or carmine coloured tips; tube yellowish white. Fruit a capsule surrounded by the persistent calyx and with a short apical beak, about 2 cm long. Seeds numerous, very small, ovoid or kidney shaped, brown.
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| Native Distribution Status: |
Only under cultivation
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| Edible parts: |
Leaves
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| Treatment for: |
Arthritis
Rheumatism
Cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection
Paralysis
Epilepsy
Convulsion
Pulmonary disorders
Haemorrhoids
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| Parts used in Treatment: |
Leaves
Flowers
Roots
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| Related Medical Properties: |
Antidote
Analgesic
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