Right you are Vijaya Ji!! Tanay On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Vijayasankar <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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 >> > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile)
