I think the local name here is not denoting the use of the plant as tobacco.
It probably means that "this is a *wild* relative of the *cultivated*tobacco". is that right?! With regards Vijayasankar On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 12:11 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the info. In jharkhand too its called by the same name just > with an 'U', i.e., BAN TAMAKU !!! basically meaning WILD TOBACCO. I > imagine if they really use it as tobacco. May be Mr. Pankaj Oudhia > could be of some help. > Regards > Pankaj >
