Persian tobacco

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Persian Tobacco or Tanbaku (also called flowering tobacco, ornamental tobacco, winged tobacco, Nicotiana alata), is a type of tobacco originating in Iran which is used only in narghilas. Persian tobacco is not chopped like tobacco, but is broken up by hand.

A species of tobacco called Nicotiana persica. Cultivated in Persia, it is the source of Persian Tobacco which is made in ITC monopoly.

As an example the term Persian tobacco is used in the Mark Twain's book Innocents Abroad, Chapter XXXIV.

For more information about Persian Tobacco, you can visit "Iranian Tobacco Company" website.