Nicotiana sylvestris
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Nicotiana sylvestris is a species of wild tobacco
known by the common names Woodland Tobacco and South American Tobacco. It is native to South America
, and is often grown in gardens for its scented flowers. The scent is strongest at night, so as to attract pollinating moths. The leaves
are simple, somewhat sticky, foul-smelling, with the blade partially surrounding the stem (clasping petiole). Flowers are tubular, white, borne in large clusters above the foliage. Flowers can be over 7 centimeters long with a face 2 centimeters wide. Each flower eventually produces a large quantity of small seeds.
This plant is thought to be one of the parents of Nicotiana tabacum
, the plant used in modern tobacco
production.
Nicotiana
Nicotiana is a genus of herbs and shrubs of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America, Australia, south west Africa and the South Pacific. Various Nicotiana species, commonly referred to as tobacco plants, are cultivated and grown to produce tobacco. Of all Nicotiana species,...
known by the common names Woodland Tobacco and South American Tobacco. It is native to South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
, and is often grown in gardens for its scented flowers. The scent is strongest at night, so as to attract pollinating moths. The leaves
Leaves
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are simple, somewhat sticky, foul-smelling, with the blade partially surrounding the stem (clasping petiole). Flowers are tubular, white, borne in large clusters above the foliage. Flowers can be over 7 centimeters long with a face 2 centimeters wide. Each flower eventually produces a large quantity of small seeds.
This plant is thought to be one of the parents of Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum
Nicotiana tabacum, or cultivated tobacco, is a perennial herbaceous plant. It is found only in cultivation, where it is the most commonly grown of all plants in the Nicotiana genus, and its leaves are commercially grown in many countries to be processed into tobacco. It grows to heights between 1...
, the plant used in modern tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
production.