tobacco

Japanese: tobacco
tobacco

...Currently, 65 species of the Nicotiana genus have been discovered, and many of them contain several alkaloids, including nicotine and anabasine. The two species currently cultivated are N. tabacum L. (English name tobacco) (illustration), which contains nicotine as its main alkaloid, and N. rustica L. (English name Aztec tobacco). The latter is only cultivated in limited areas, such as the former Soviet Union, and most cultivated tobacco is the former.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "tobacco" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…タバコ属は現在65種が発見され,多くはニコチン,アナバシンなど数種類のアルカロイドを含んでいる。現在栽培されているのはそれらのうちニコチンを主アルカロイドとするタバコN.tabacum L.(英名tobacco)(イラスト)とマルバタバコN.rustica L.(英名Aztec tobacco)である。後者は旧ソ連など限られた地域にしか栽培されておらず,栽培タバコのほとんどは前者である。…

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