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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Nicotiana tabacum (Solanaceae)

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Common name(s)
Tabac Mannoque; Tabaco; Tobacco; Tabac; Tutun; Yen Ts'Ao; Tan Pa Ku; Yen Ken; Tanigh; Nicoziana; Herbe A La Reine; Yu Ts'Ao; Tabigh; Toubac; Jen Ts'Ao

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Back) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Ear) Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Ache(Head) Mexico *
Ache(Head) Venezuela *
Ache(Stomach) Venezuela *
Ache(Tooth) Trinidad *
Ache(Tooth) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ache(Tooth) Venezuela *
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne Trinidad *
Anodyne Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Anorexiac Venezuela *
Antidote(Bee sting) Venezuela *
Antidote(Centipede) Venezuela *
Antidote(Centipede) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Scorpion) Venezuela *
Antidote(Spider) Venezuela *
Asthma Venezuela *
Bite(Bug) Venezuela *
Bite(Bug) Mexico(Kickapoo) *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.