Leaf Division
Chewing Tobacco Rustica Tobacco (CULCUTTI)
| Planting | October to November
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| Marketing | April to June |
| Physical Characteristics |
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 Culcutti tobacco |
| Chemical Characteristics a) Nicotine % b) Reducing Sugars % |
3.5 to 5.0 3.0 to 6.0 |
| Economical Use | Used as Chewing tobacco, hookah tobacco, for tobacco sheet making, for kreteks in Indonesia, pipe mixtures and cigarette blending to some extent. |