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herbA potent variety of tobacco native to South America, containing up to nine times more nicotine than common tobacco species. All parts of the plant are poisonous and contain nicotine, which has been used as an insecticide and for various medicinal and entheogenic purposes.
Suitable for light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils; prefers well-drained soil; suitable for mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils
A fellow Solanaceae — similar growing habits to Wild Tobacco, Aztec tobacco
