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'''Dhumrapatra''', Tobacco is an annual or short-lived perennial, erect, unbranched plant with a well-developed taproot. It can grow 70 - 250cm tall. The most widely grown tobacco species, it is a rich source of the alkaloid nicotine and has a long history of use as a medicinal plant and social stimulant.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Joint pain}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Scorpion stings}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Nausea}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=hogesoppu, tambaku|ml= puka-yila, pukayil|sa=dhumapatram, gucchaphala, krimighni, ksarapatra, tamakhu, tamraparna, vajrabhringi|ta=pukaiyilai, puhaiyilai, nattuppukaiyilai|te=dhoomrapathramu, pogaaku|hi=tamaku, tumak|en=Tobacco}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Teekshna (Strong)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves alternate, decurrent on stems; leaf blade ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, 30(-70) × 8-15(-30) cm, membranous, glandular hairy, base narrowed, nearly half clasping, apex acuminate. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal panicles|White-pink|10|Inflorescences many-flowered, much-branched panicles; pedicel 0.5-2 cm. Calyx tubular or tubular-campanulate, 2-2.5 cm; lobes deltate, acuminate, unequal. Corolla yellowish at base, yellowish, greenish, red, or pink distally, funnel-shaped, 3.5-5 cm; limb 1-1.5 cm in diam., with acute unequal lobes. Stamens unequal, sometimes partly exserted.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsules|||Capsules ellipsoid or ovoid; seeds brown, rounded, ca. 0.5 mm in diam.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:P1000483 Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) (Solanaceae) Leaf.JPG|Leaf
File:Samsoun Orient 2.JPG|Leaves
File:Nicotiana tabacum Blüten.jpg|Flowers
File:Nicotiana tabacum - at Beechanahalli 2014 (16).jpg|Flowers
File:Nicotiana tabacum 005.JPG|Capsules
File:Starr 080314-3499 Nicotiana tabacum.jpg|Capsules
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/02/03/nicotiana-tabacum-tobacco-tambaku/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Nicotiana+tabacum]
* [http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/n/nicotiana-tabacum=tobacco.php]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Solanaceae]]
'''Dhumrapatra''', Tobacco is an annual or short-lived perennial, erect, unbranched plant with a well-developed taproot. It can grow 70 - 250cm tall. The most widely grown tobacco species, it is a rich source of the alkaloid nicotine and has a long history of use as a medicinal plant and social stimulant.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Joint pain}}, {{Uses|Skin diseases}}, {{Uses|Scorpion stings}}, {{Uses|Piles}}, {{Uses|Nausea}}
<ref name="Uses"/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Leaves}}
==Chemical Composition==
==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=hogesoppu, tambaku|ml= puka-yila, pukayil|sa=dhumapatram, gucchaphala, krimighni, ksarapatra, tamakhu, tamraparna, vajrabhringi|ta=pukaiyilai, puhaiyilai, nattuppukaiyilai|te=dhoomrapathramu, pogaaku|hi=tamaku, tumak|en=Tobacco}}
<ref name="Common names"/>
==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Laghu (Light), Teekshna (Strong)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (pungent)
===Karma===
Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves alternate, decurrent on stems; leaf blade ovate to elliptic or lanceolate, 30(-70) × 8-15(-30) cm, membranous, glandular hairy, base narrowed, nearly half clasping, apex acuminate. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Bisexual|Terminal panicles|White-pink|10|Inflorescences many-flowered, much-branched panicles; pedicel 0.5-2 cm. Calyx tubular or tubular-campanulate, 2-2.5 cm; lobes deltate, acuminate, unequal. Corolla yellowish at base, yellowish, greenish, red, or pink distally, funnel-shaped, 3.5-5 cm; limb 1-1.5 cm in diam., with acute unequal lobes. Stamens unequal, sometimes partly exserted.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Capsules|||Capsules ellipsoid or ovoid; seeds brown, rounded, ca. 0.5 mm in diam.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
===Season to grow===
===Soil type===
===Propagation===
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:P1000483 Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) (Solanaceae) Leaf.JPG|Leaf
File:Samsoun Orient 2.JPG|Leaves
File:Nicotiana tabacum Blüten.jpg|Flowers
File:Nicotiana tabacum - at Beechanahalli 2014 (16).jpg|Flowers
File:Nicotiana tabacum 005.JPG|Capsules
File:Starr 080314-3499 Nicotiana tabacum.jpg|Capsules
</gallery>
==References==
<references>
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/02/03/nicotiana-tabacum-tobacco-tambaku/ Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[http://keralaplants.in/flowering-plants-kerala-dvd.aspx Botonic description]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names]</ref>
</references>
==External Links==
* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Nicotiana+tabacum]
* [http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/n/nicotiana-tabacum=tobacco.php]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Solanaceae]]
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