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{{proofread}} | {{proofread}}[[File:Nicotiana_Tabacum.png|thumb|right|250px|Botanical drawing of Nicotiana Tabacum.]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | |||
Kingdom: Plantae | |||
(unranked): Eudicots | |||
(unranked): Asterids | |||
Order: Solanales | |||
Family: Solanaceae | |||
Genus: Nicotiana | |||
Species: Tabacum | |||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Nicotiana Tabacum is a robust annual little branched herb up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) high with large green leaves and long trumpet-shaped white-pinkish flowers. All parts are sticky, covered with short viscid-glandular hairs, which exude a yellow secretion containing nicotine. | Nicotiana Tabacum is a robust annual little branched herb up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) high with large green leaves and long trumpet-shaped white-pinkish flowers. All parts are sticky, covered with short viscid-glandular hairs, which exude a yellow secretion containing nicotine. |