Long County Flue-Cured Tobacco

Long County Flue-Cured Tobacco

　　Tobacco leaves, an annual herbaceous plant of the Solanaceae family. The plant is covered in glandular hairs and grows to about 1 meter in height. The leaf petioles are not obvious or form wing-like structures. When touched, the leaves feel sticky. The inflorescence is terminal and conical. The calyx is tubular, and the corolla is funnel-shaped, resembling a bugle with a pink tip. The fruit is a capsule, and the seeds are yellowish-brown. Originally from South America, it is cultivated around the world. Tobacco leaves are used as raw material in the tobacco industry.

Cultivation began in the early 1980s, and the current planting area has reached 60,000 mu, with a total output of 52.92 million kilograms, making it the second-largest flue-cured tobacco county in the province. The "Guanshan" brand tobacco leaves are one of the three major branded products in Shaanxi Province.