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Seven Plants that Changed the World Based on the book “An Empire of Plants” by Toby and Will Musgrave Tina Tuttle Nicotiana tabacum An annual in the Solanaceae family, used by the Mayan as early as 1500BC. Smoking Tobacco Nicotiana alata Nicotiana langsdorffii Nicotiana sylvestris Saccharum officinarum “The world’s most indulgent and unnecessary crop!” Sugar Cane 4. Molasses 5. Rum The process: Harvested by hand. Canes are run through rollers to extract the juice. 3. Boiled, evaporated into sugar crystals. Beta vulgaris Zea mays Gossypium tomentosum One of the oldest cultivated plants, an a