Show 1 potatoes potato and tobacco these two plants are related both members of the nightshade family to which the tomato eggplant ege plant and pepper alao belong the potato in I 1 native to the mountainous districts district ot of tropical subtropical sub tropical america from chile to mexico Alex leo and the original home n of tobacco was probably roughly the same region the potato was cultivated und and used for by the indians long lefore I the discovery of america and they smoked tobacco in their ceremonies m from remotest antiquity so there Is no way of knowing when cither of the plants PI ants was first put to use by human beings I 1 |