The primed leaf is sun-cured and later bulked The leaf is medium to heavy bodied and greenish brown to dark brown in colour.Also called Calcutta tobacco.
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Chemical Characteristics
a) Total Nitrogen %
3.5 - 5.0
b) Nicotine
3.0 - 6.0
Economic use : Used as Chewing tobacco, hookah tobacco for tobacco sheet making, for kreteks in Indonesia, pipe miztures and cigarette blending to some extent.
