botanical record · discovered
Tobacco
Nicotiana tabacum
Tobacco · American tobacco · Baco · Buchici · Cultivated tobacco · Delitutun · Echte tabak · Echter Tabak · Ffwgws · Hasankeyf · Lobaka · Mwglys · Myglys · Tabac · Tabac commun, Tabac de Virginie, Herbe à Nicot
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Haiti, Mexico, Venezuela, Trinidad, Colombia, France, Indochina, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Back), Ache(Head), Ache(Stomach), Anodyne
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, ACETOPHENONE, (13E)-ACETOXY-13-LABDEN-8-OL, ESCULETIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Solanaceae
Scientific name: Nicotiana tabacum
Common names: Tobacco, American tobacco, Baco, Buchici, Cultivated tobacco, Delitutun, Echte tabak, Echter Tabak, Ffwgws, Hasankeyf, Lobaka, Mwglys, Myglys, Tabac, Tabac commun, Tabac de Virginie, Herbe à Nicot
POWO: 817077-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Haiti, Mexico, Venezuela, Elsewhere, Trinidad, Colombia, France, Indochina and 20 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Back)
- Ache(Head)
- Ache(Stomach)
- Anodyne
- Anorexiac
- Antidote(Centipede)
- Antidote(Spider)
- Bite(Bug)
show 72 more documented entries
- Bite(Snake)
- Bot
- Cancer
- Cancer(Nose)
- Cirrhosis
- CNS stimulant
- Cold
- Cough
- Debility
- Dentifrice
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Expectorant
- Fumitory
- Hallucinogen
- Cold(Head)
- Homicide
- Insecticide
- Intoxicant
- Lethargy
- Lump
- Malaria
- Masticatory
- Menorrhagia
- Narcotic
- Parasiticide
- Pediculicide
- Piscicide
- Poison
- Preventitive
- Preventitive(Malaria)
- Psychedelic
- Puerperium
- Repellant(Snake)
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Skin
- Snuff
- Sore
- Spasm
- Tetanus
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Wound
- Boil
- Antidote(Scorpion)
- Asthma
- Catarrh
- Epistaxis
- Evil eye
- Flu
- Lumbago
- Paralysis
- Sclerosis
- Ache(Ear)
- Antidote(Bee sting)
- Bladder
- Cyanogenetic
- Discutient
- Emetic
- Fatality
- Fear
- Gastritis
- Repellant(Insect)
- Laxative
- Purgative
- Religion
- Scabies
- Sialogogue
- Ulcer
- Intestine
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Haiti
- Mexico
- Venezuela
- Elsewhere
- Trinidad
- Colombia
- France
- Indochina
- Spain
- US(Amerindian)
- Turkey
- Sudan
show 16 more documented entries
- US
- Ecuador(Jivaro)
- Sicily
- Brazil(Jamamadi)
- Canada(Kwakiutl)
- China
- Dominican Republic
- Mexico(Kickapoo)
- America
- Iraq
- Brazil(Deni)
- Italy
- Hawaii
- Philippines(Ifugao)
- UK
- Belgium
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Back)
- Ache(Head)
- Ache(Stomach)
- Anodyne
- Anorexiac
- Antidote(Centipede)
- Antidote(Spider)
- Bite(Bug)
- Bite(Snake)
- Bot
- Cancer
- Cancer(Nose)
show 68 more documented entries
- Cirrhosis
- CNS stimulant
- Cold
- Cough
- Debility
- Dentifrice
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Expectorant
- Fumitory
- Hallucinogen
- Cold(Head)
- Homicide
- Insecticide
- Intoxicant
- Lethargy
- Lump
- Malaria
- Masticatory
- Menorrhagia
- Narcotic
- Parasiticide
- Pediculicide
- Piscicide
- Poison
- Preventitive
- Preventitive(Malaria)
- Psychedelic
- Puerperium
- Repellant(Snake)
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Skin
- Snuff
- Sore
- Spasm
- Tetanus
- Ache(Tooth)
- Tumor
- Vermifuge
- Wound
- Boil
- Antidote(Scorpion)
- Asthma
- Catarrh
- Epistaxis
- Evil eye
- Flu
- Lumbago
- Paralysis
- Sclerosis
- Ache(Ear)
- Antidote(Bee sting)
- Bladder
- Cyanogenetic
- Discutient
- Emetic
- Fatality
- Fear
- Gastritis
- Repellant(Insect)
- Laxative
- Purgative
- Religion
- Scabies
- Sialogogue
- Ulcer
- Intestine
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Ache(Back) · Haiti · "
- Ache(Head) · Mexico · "
- Ache(Stomach) · Venezuela · "
- Anodyne · Elsewhere · "
- Anodyne · Trinidad · "
- Anorexiac · Venezuela · "
- Antidote(Centipede) · Venezuela · "
- Antidote(Spider) · Venezuela · "
- Bite(Bug) · Venezuela · "
- Bite(Snake) · Venezuela · "
- Bot · Colombia · "
- Cancer · Venezuela · "
- Cancer(Nose) · France · "
- Cirrhosis · Indochina · "
- CNS stimulant · Spain · "
- Cold · Venezuela · "
- Cough · Venezuela · "
- Debility · US(Amerindian) · "
- Dentifrice · Venezuela · "
- Diuretic · Haiti · "
- Dysentery · Venezuela · "
- Expectorant · Turkey · "
- Fumitory · Mexico · "
- Fumitory · Sudan · "
96 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- SOBIR1 integrates pathogen recognition and hormonal metabolism in Nicotiana tabacum. · 2026 source ↗
- Systemic induction of peroxidase and phenolic responses to UV radiation in Nicotiana tabacum. · 2026 source ↗
- Harvest maturity is associated with carbon reallocation and fresh-to-flue-cured metabolic changes in Nicotiana tabacum leaves · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- ACETOPHENONE
- (13E)-ACETOXY-13-LABDEN-8-OL
- ESCULETIN
- AMMONIA
- AMYLASE
- L-ANATABINE
- M-ANISIDINE
- ARABINOSE
- ASTRAGALIN
- BETAINE
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CAPRYLIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CATALASE
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- CATECHOL
- CELLULOSE
- CETYL-ALCOHOL
- CICHORIIN
- 1,8-CINEOLE
- CITRIC-ACID
- M-CRESOL
- TRANS-CROTONIC-ACID
- CYCLOARTENOL
- 2-DECANONE
- DEXTRIN
- DI-N-BUTYLAMINE
- DIETHYL-AMINE
- DIMETHOXYPHENOL
- 2,3-DIMETHOXYPHENOL
- DIMETHYL-AMINE
- 2,3-DIMETHYLANILINE
- 2,6-DIMETHYLANILINE
- 3,4-DIMETHYLANILINE
- DI-N-PROPYL-AMINE
- DRIMAN-8,11-DIOL
- DRIMAN-8-OL
- ERGOSTEROL
- ETHYL-AMINE
- 4-ETHYL-2,3-DIMETHOXYPHENOL
- ETHYL-PHENOL
- EUGENOL
- EXO-1-(1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYL-7,8-DIOXABICYCLO-{3,2,1}-OCY-6-YL)-METHYLKETONE
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FORMIC-ACID
- FRUCTOSE
- FURAN-BETA-CARBONIC-ACID
- FURFUROL
- GABA
- GIBBERELLINS
- D-GLYCERIC-ACID
- GLYCOLASE
- GUAIACOL
- HENTRIACONTANE
- N-HEPTYLAMINE
- N-HEXYLAMINE
- M-HYDROXYACETOPHENONE
- 12-HYDROXY-13-EPIMANOYLOSIDE
- BETA-INDOLEACETIC-ACID
- ISOAMYL-AMINE
- ISOBUTYRALDEHYDE
- ISOBUTYRIC-ACID
- ISOEUGENOL
- ISONORDRIMENONE
- ISOPROPIONIC-ACID
- CIS-2-ISOPROPENYL-8-METHYL-1,2,3,4-TETRAHYDRO-1-NAPTHALENOL
- (E)-5-ISOPROPYL-6,7-EPOXY-8-HYDROXY-8-METHYLNONAN-2-ONE
- 5-ISOPROPYL-3-HEPTEN-2-ONE
- 5-ISOPROPYL-8-HYDROXYNONAN-2-ONE
- (E)-5-ISOPROPYL-8-HYDROXYNON-6-EN-2-ONE
- 5-ISOPROPYLNONANE-2,8-DIOL
- (E)-5-ISOPROPYLNON-3-ENE-2,8-DIOL
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- ISOVALERIANIC-ACID
- ALPHA-KETO-GLUTARIC-ACID
- (11E,13R)-LABDA-11,14-DIENE-8,13-DIOL
- (11E,13S)-LABDA-11,14-DIENE-8,13-DIOL
- LEVANTANOLIDES
- LEVANTENOLIDES
- LIGNIN
- LIPASE
- LUTEIN
- MALEIC-ACID
- MALONIC-ACID
- MALTOSE
- MEGASTIGMA-5(13),7-DIENE-6,9-DIOL
- (3S,6R,73,9R)-MEGASTIGMADIENE-3,9-DIOL
- (3S,6R,73,9S)-MEGASTIGMADIENE-3,9-DIOL
- MEGASTIGMA-4,6,8-TRIENE-3-ONE
- 6-MEGASTIGMA-4,7,9-TRIENE-3-ONE
- 2-METHOXYCATACHOL
- METHOXYPHENOL
- N-METHYL-L-ANABASINE
- N-METHYL-L-ANATABINE
- N-METHYL-N-BUTYLAMINE
- 4-METHYL-CATECHOL
- 4-METHYL-2,6-DIMETHOXYPHENOL
- N-METHYLETHYLAMINE
- 5-METHYL-FURFUROL
- 5-METHYL-3-HEXEN-2-ONE
- N-METHYLISOPROPYLAMINE
- 18-METHYL-3-ISOPROPYLCYCLOPENTANE-1,2-DICARBOXYLIC-ACID
- 2-METHYL-5-ISOPROPYL-1-CYCLOPENTENE-1-CARBOXYLIC-ACID
- N-METHYL-PYRROLINE
- BETA-METHYL-VALERIC-ACID
- MYOSMINE
- NEOHEPTADIENE
- NEOXANTHIN
- NICOTELLINE
- NICOTIFLORIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- NICOTIMINE
- NICOTININE
- NICOTINIC-ACID
- NICOTYRINE
- NITROGEN
- 2-NONANONE
- 11-NOR-8-HYDROXY-9-DRIMENONE
- NORNICOTINE
- NORSOLENESENE
- N-OCTYLAMINE
- OLEIC-ACID
- ORNITHINE
- 1-OXO-ALPHA-CYPERONE
- 3-OXO-ALPHA-IONOL
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PECTIC-ACID
- PECTIN
- PENTOSE
- PHENOL
- PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
- 2-PHENYLETHYL-AMINE
- PHOSPHATASE
- PIPERIDINE
- PLANTEOSE
- PROP-2-ENYLMALONIC-ACID
- N-PROPYL-AMINE
- 4-PROPYLGUAIACOL
- PROTEASE
- PURINES
- 3-PYRIDYLETHYLKETONE
- PYRROLIDINE
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-3-DIGLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3'-METHYLETHER
- QUERCITRIN
- QUINIC-ACID
- RHAMNOSE
- RIBOSE
- RUTIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- SALICYLALDEHYDE
- SCOPOLIN
- SHIKIMIC-ACID
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE
- GAMMA-SITOSTEROL
- GAMMA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE
- SOLANASCONE
- SOLANESOL
- SOLANOFURAN
- (+)-NORNICOTINE
- SPIROXABOVALIDE
- STACHYOSE
- STIGMASTEROL
- SUCCINIC-ACID
- TEREPHTHALIC-ACID
- TETRAHYDRO-BETA-IONONE
- TOCOPHEROL
- O-TOLUIDINE
- TRIGONELLINE
- 2,4,6-TRIMETHYLANILINE
- 3,7,13-TRIMETHYL-10-ISOPROPYL-2,6,11,13-TETRADECATETRAEN-1-AL
- 4-(2',2',6'TRIMETHYL-6'-VINYL-CYCLOHEXYL)-2-BUTANONE
- TRITRIACONTANE
- 4-VINYL-GUAIACOL
- VIOLAXANTHIN
- XYLENOL
- P-ALLYL-CATECHOL
- ANABASINE
- ANILINE
- ASH
- BENZOIC-ACID
- T-BUTYLAMINE
- CAFFEOYLSPERMIDINE
- EMULSIN
- ETHANOL
- GALACTOSE
- GALACTURONIC-ACID
- (E)-5-ISOPROPYL-8-HYDROXY-8-METHYLNON-6-EN-2-ONE
- KAEMPFEROL
- KETONE-ALDEHYDE-MUTASE
- LATHREINE
- METHYLGUAIACOL
- N-METHYLISOBUTYLAMINE
- NECOTELLINE
- NEOPHYTADIENE
- NICOTIANAMINE
- PHENYLCROTONIC-ACID
- PRENYLNORSOLANODIONE
- N,N-PROPYLISOPROPYLAMINE
- PYRIDINE
- TANNINS
- TOBACCIC-ACIDS
- TRIMETHYLAMINE
- 3,4,5-TRIMETHYLPHENOL
- ACETALDEHYDE
- 4-ACETYL-5-METHYLFURAN
- N-AMYLAMINE
- ANATALLINE
- ASPARAGINE
- N-BUTYL-AMINE
- CAFFEOYLPUTRESCINE
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- DICAFFEOYLSPERMIDINE
- 3,5-DIMETHOXYPHENOL
- 2,5-DIMETHYLANILINE
- 2,3-DIPYRIDYL
- ENDO-2-(1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYL-7,8-DIOXABICYCLO-{3,2,1}-OCT-6-YL)-PROPEN-2-OL
- FLAVOXANTHIN
- FUMARIC-ACID
- 2-FUROIC-ACID?
- GLUTINOSONE
- GLYXOYLIC-ACID
- HEPTACOSANE
- 4-HYDROXYCOUMARIC-ACID
- INVERTASE
- ISOBUTYL-AMINE
- ISONICOTEINE
- 3-ISOPROPENYL-5-METHYL-1,2-DIHYDRONAPTHALENE
- (E)-3-ISOPROPYL-8-METHYLHEPTA-4,6-DIEN-1-OL
- KAEMPFEROL-GLUCOSIDE
- LACTIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- MALIC-ACID
- MANNOSE
- MEGASTIGMA-5,8-DIENE-4-ONE
- MELILOTIC-ACID
- METHYL-AMINE
- 5-METHYL-2,3'-BIPYRIDINE
- METHYL-ETHYL-ACETIC-ACID
- N-METHYLISOAMYLAMINE
- METHYL-PHENYLACETATE
- NEO-BETA-CAROTENE
- NICOTIANANINE
- NICOTIFLORIN
- NICOTINE
- NICOTOINE
- NONACOSANE
- 15-NOR-8ALPHA-HYDROXY-12E-LABDEN-14-OL
- OXALIC-ACID
- OXYNICOTINE
- PECTASE
- PEROXIDASE
- PHENYLACETIC-ACID
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PROPIONIC-ACID
- PROPYL-PHENOL
- 1,2(BETA-PYRIDYL)PIPERIDINE-ANABASINE
- QUERCETIN-3,3'-DIMETHYLETHER
- RAFFINOSE
- RUTIN
- SCOPOLETIN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SOCRATINES
- SOLANESYL-PALMITATE
- SORBITOL
- STARCH
- SUCROSE
- 1,2,5,6-TETRAHYDROPURIDINE
- 3,3,5-TRIMETHYL-8-ISOPROPYL-4,9-DIOXABICYCLO-(3,3,1)-NONAN-2-OL
- XYLOSE
- EXO-1-(1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPYL-7,8-DIOXABICYCLO-{3,2,1}-OCT-6-YL)-ETHANOL
- 4-METHYL-PENTAN-2-ONE
- PHYTUBEROL
- 3-PYRIDYLMETHYLKETONE
- ALKALOIDS
- WATER
- INOSITOL
- (-)-BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE
- (+)-SOLANONE
- (-)-ANABASINE
- 6-HYDROXYKYNURENIC-ACID
- ACETOSYRINGONE
- AESCULETIN
- ANATABINE
- CAPSIDIOL
- ISOVALEIC-ACID
- N-CAFFEOYLPUTRESCINE
- O-ETHYLANILINE
- RISHITIN
- RUBISCO
- SOLAVETIVONE
- SPERMIDINE
- TRYPTAMINE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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