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The Pituri bush, used by the Aborigines as a bush medicine, grows to around 2.5mtrs. and is classified as a clonal shrub ie not propagated by seed.

TRADITIONAL USE: Leaves, flowers and flowering stalks are highly valued by the Aborigines as chewing tobacco with nicotine and nor-nicotine content being up to 25% of the dry weight of plant material. Pituri is the term used by the Aborigines for the ball of chewing tobacco. Pituri is prepared by drying and powdering the leaves of the nicotine plant and mixing with ash from a variety of different specially selected species. It is rolled up into quids (balls) that are 6cm long and 1.5cm in diameter and then chewed. The mixing of the alkaloid ash with the plant material renders the alkaloids more available when chewed and ingested. When it is not chewed it is put behind the ear like bubblegum. The chewed tobacco is used as a token of friendship, of which it has taken on the significance of a social event. More information here: [https://prehistoricdrugs.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/the-aboriginal-drug-pituri-2/ The Aboriginal Drug Pituri] (prehistoricdrugs)

An early account of the effects when smoked in a pipe: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1276357/?page=1 The Alkaloid of Pituri obtained from ''Duboisia hopwoodii''] Biochem J. 1911; 5(5): 193–206. doi: 10.1042/bj0050193

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 The Pituri bush, used by the Aborigines as a bush medicine, grows to around 2.5mtrs. and is classified as a clonal shrub ie not propagated by seed.
+TRADITIONAL USE: Leaves, flowers and flowering stalks are highly valued by the Aborigines as chewing tobacco with nicotine and nor-nicotine content being up to 25% of the dry weight of plant material. Pituri is the term used by the Aborigines for the ball of chewing tobacco. Pituri is prepared by drying and powdering the leaves of the nicotine plant and mixing with ash from a variety of different specially selected species. It is rolled up into quids (balls) that are 6cm long and 1.5cm in diameter and then chewed. The mixing of the alkaloid ash with the plant material renders the alkaloids more available when chewed and ingested. When it is not chewed it is put behind the ear like bubblegum. The chewed tobacco is used as a token of friendship, of which it has taken on the significance of a social event. More information here: [https://prehistoricdrugs.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/the-aboriginal-drug-pituri-2/ The Aboriginal Drug Pituri] (prehistoricdrugs)
+An early account of the effects when smoked in a pipe: [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1276357/?page=1 The Alkaloid of Pituri obtained from ''Duboisia hopwoodii''] Biochem J. 1911; 5(5): 193–206. doi: 10.1042/bj0050193
 === Non tobacco/nicotine products ===

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