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

Ethnobotanical Plant Nicotiana rustica

Common Name
Picietl, Aztec Tobacco, Tobacco

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Cancer Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cold Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Fumitory Mexico *
Fumitory US(Appalachia) *
Fumitory US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fumitory Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Insecticide US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Masticatory Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Narcotic US(Appalachia) *
Snuff Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Tobacco Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Tumor US(Amerindian) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.