Tobacco seed Common

The annual Common Tobacco can grow between one and three meters high and develops up to half a meter big, alternate foliage leaves, with the highest leaves having the best quality for tobacco production. The plant produces neat, funnel-shaped flowers with five pinkish-red coloured petals. The ovaries bear multiple ovules, and a single plant can bring out up to one million seeds. The leaves of the plant contain the poisonous alkaloid nicotine that protects the Common Tobacco as pest repellent. However, the consumption of the Nicotiana tabacum dates in the history of South America even back to Mayans. The yellow leaves are harvested in autumn, hung out to dry and later fermented, so the typical tobacco aroma comes to light. Be advised: due to tax reasons the cultivation of the plant is limited. The Virginian Tobacco however, is with its nice pinkish-coloured flowers even for non-smokers an easy to cultivate ornamental plant. Natural location The Common Tobacco originally comes from South America.