Nicotiana plumbaginifolia (Introduced)

Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv, Elench. Pl. 26, pl. 1, 5 26 1802. (Syn: Nicotiana cavanillesii Dunal; Nicotiana cerinthoides Vitman ex Viv. (ambiguous synonym); Nicotiana crispa Cav. (ambiguous synonym); Nicotiana plantaginea Dunal; Nicotiana plumbaginifolia var. chlorantha Dun.; Nicotiana pusilla Moc. & Sessé ex Dun. (ambiguous synonym));
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Bolivia (Beni, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija), Argentina (Chaco, Entre Rios, Formosa Prov., Jujuy, Salta), Paraguay (Alto Paraguay), Jamaica, Peru, Ecuador, Cuba, Trinidad (I), Mexico (I) (widespread), Honduras (I), NW-India (I), Darjeeling (I), Sikkim (I), Nepal (I), Pakistan (I), Bangladesh (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), USA (I) (Florida (I), Louisiana (I), Maryland (I), Texas (I)), Egypt (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Common name: Tex-Mex Tobacco • Hindi: बन तमाख़ू Ban tamaku, जंगली तंबाकू Jangli Tambakoo ;
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Bengal Plants ii. 752, describes three Nicotiana species :-
  • leaves ovate, base rounded or cordate …. corolla yellowish …. Nicotiana rustica
  • leaves oblong or elliptic … corolla rosy-white ………. Nicotiana tabacum
  • leaves oblong or elliptic …. corolla pure white …….. Nicotiana plumbaginifolia

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Solanaceae Week: Nicotiana plumbaginifolia from Delhi:
Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv., Elench. pl. 26, t. 5. 1802, nom. cons. syn: Nicotiana crispa Cav.
Some times cultivated but commonly naturalised. A very common weed in Delhi, especially in shaded locations, easily differentiated by its whitish flowers with very long narrow corolla tube.


This plant is a common weed in Bengal


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ID requested of DSC012671:
Photo taken on 12.05.11, 8:31 AM near Asansol, West Bengal. The height of the flowering plant is around 1 ft. seen mostly growing with grass.


I suppose Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, the Jangli or Ban Tambakoo 


Yes Nicotiana plumbaginifoliaban tamaku



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Nicotiana plumbaginifolia :: Hooghly (WB):

Attaching images of a common wild herb, Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, found in villages.

Species : Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv.

Habit : herb, about 3ft to 4.5 ft height

Habitat : wild, rural roadside, bushes, common

Date : 22/03/2012, 10.30 a.m.

Place : Garalgacha (Hooghly), WB

ID help : 1. “Plant Groups” 2. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=NIPL2



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AP5-Plant for id from Ambala Cantt Haryana:
please help me to identify this plant and its family…
photographs taken on 1 may 2012
Descriptions
place
ambala cantt
month- may
habitat-garden,roadside,fields
habit-herbaceous,erect
stem-herbaceous
height-about 50 cm


Yes, surely Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, Jangli Tamakhu



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Hooghly Today : Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv.:

Bengal Plants ii. 752, describes three Nicotiana species :-
  • leaves ovate, base rounded or cordate ……. corolla yellowish ……. rustica
  • leaves oblong or elliptic …. corolla rosy-white ………….. . tabacum
  • leaves oblong or elliptic …. corolla pure white ………  plumbaginifolia
ID Help :-
This is Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv., recorded today, and the Bengali name is BAN-TAMAKU (বন-তামাকু)


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Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv from Kamrup district, Assam : Attachments (5). 1 post by 1 author.

Attached images are Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv collected from Kamrup district, Assam
Date :26.04.2013
Location: Kamrup district
Family : Solanaceae
Genus & species : Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv
Habitat: Grows wild on waste, moist places
Habit : Herb
Flower : Pale white


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ANOCT68 Please identify this herb : 5 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5)
Bangalore outskirts

19th October 2014
Stem and leaves are sticky

Please check for Nicotiana plumbaginifolia (Solanaceae).


Yes, Nicotiana plumbaginifolia..


Yes Nicotiana pumbaginifolia



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Solanaceae Fortnight: Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv from Assam KD 02 Feb ’15 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (5)
Attached images are Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv from Assam.



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Solanaceae Fortnight :: Nicotiana plumbaginifolia :: Corbett :: ARKFEB-16/22 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2)
Attached are pictures of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia captured at Corbett in November 2012.

Unfortunately, no pics of leaves etc., this was at the start of my plant photographic hobby.
Is it possible to validate the ID.


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Solanaceae Fortnight: Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. Feb2015sk09/26 : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (7).
Last two pictures show the starting of this year lifecycle of the plant.

Yes …, a common herb..


Yes Sir, common here too.



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Solanaceae Fortnight:: Nicotiana plumbaginifolia-NS Feb 26/26 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4)

A very common herb with long tubular flowers..
Nicotiana plumbaginifolia ..


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Solanaceae Fortnight: Nicotiana plumbaginifolia at Nagpur : PKA-FEB43/43 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Nicotiana plumbaginifolia at Nagpur.



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Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv., Elench. pl. 26, t. 5. 1802, nom. cons.
syn: Nicotiana crispa Cav.
Some times cultivated but commonly naturalised.
A very common weed in Delhi, especially in shaded locations,
easily differentiated by its whitish flowers with very long narrow corolla tube.


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SK431 16MAR-2017:ID : 7 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Altitude: 4400. ft.
Date: 13 August 2012

Seem familiar with this plant, but name is slipping from my mind.


Nicotiana plunbaginifolia (Solanaceae) to me.


Thanks, …. I was stuck at something like nicotinifolia.


Yes, Nicotiana plumbaginifolia



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Re: Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv. (accepted name) : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6) 
Location: Kathmandu,Nepal 
Date: 16 May 2017
Altitude: 4400 ft.



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NICOTIANA PLUMBAGINIFOLIA : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1)
Attaching a collage of Nicotiana plumbaginifolia.
Need help with this plant ID.
Found near Vasant Kunj, New Delhi. Elevation 250m

Nicotiana plumbaginifolia


Yes, it’s Nicotiana plumbaginifolia, I too agree with …


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Nicotiana plumbaginifolia Viv.: 1 high res. image.

Species Name:Nicotiana plumbaginifolia
Location: 136,Nemi Nagar Ext,Vaishali Nagar,Jaipur
Altitude: 432 Mt.
Date: October 3, 2022
Habitat:Urban
Plant habit: Herb


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Updated on April 29, 2025

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