EPPO Global Database

Nicotiana tabacum(NIOTA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: NIOTA
  • Preferred name: Nicotiana tabacum
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

South America (probably originally Bolivia). Cultivated throughout the world for the production of tobacco. Introduced in Europe, Mediterranean region, Central Asia, Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, Korea, Mali to Tchad, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sénégal to Nigeria and Cameroon, Congo, Zaïre, East Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, USA (eastern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except south), New Guinea


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Nicotiana macrophylla Sprengel

Common names
Name Language
large tobacco English
tobacco English
Virginian tobacco English
echter Tabak German
Tabak German
virginischer Tabak German
grand tabac French
herbe à la reine French
herbe à Nicot French
nicotiane French
nicotiane tabac French
pétun French
tabac French
tabac de Virginie French
hierba de la reina Spanish
hierba de la Santa Cruz Spanish
tabaco Spanish
tabaco común Spanish
tabaco mayor Spanish
tabacco di Virginia Italian
tabacco virginia Italian
tabak Dutch
virginiatabak Dutch
erva-de-todos-os-males Portuguese
erva-do-rei Portuguese
erva-do-tabaco Portuguese
erva-santa Portuguese
nicociana Portuguese
tabaco Portuguese
tabaco-comum Portuguese
tabaqueira Portuguese
vanlig tobak Swedish
virginiatobak Swedish
tabako Japanese
タバコ Japanese
табак обыкновенный Russian
Virginsk tobak Danish
tobakk Norwegian
virginiantupakka Finnish
tütün Turkish
tytón szlachetny Polish
dohány Hungarian
közönséges dohány Hungarian
muskotály dohány Hungarian
duhan Albanian
tabaco Aragonese
ke-belar Basque
tabako Basque
tabako-belar Basque
tobaco Basque
тютюн Bulgarian
planta del tabac Catalan
tabac Catalan
tabac de fumar Catalan
tabac de l'Habana Catalan
tabac de pols Catalan
tabaco Catalan
yān cǎo Chinese
烟草 Chinese
duhan Croatian
pravi duhan Croatian
tabák virginský Czech
καπνός Greek
담배 Korean
dam bae Korean
toubàc Occitan
tabac Romanian
tutun Romanian
обичан дуван Serbian
tabak virginský Slovak
navadni tobak Slovene
тютюн справжній Ukrainian