The invention relates to a
cutting device (10, 30, 33, 34) for
bud leaves of plants, in particular of hemp plants, with an
introduction device (20) for
plant buds (1, 11, 15) into at least one rotatably mounted feed cylinder (2, 27, 28, 29), which can be rotated about its longitudinal axis by a drive for feeding the
plant buds (1, 11, 15) to at least one knife arranged along a casing (2a, 2m, 22a) of the feed cylinder (2, 27, 28, 29). wherein slots (23, 26, 31) are provided on the casing (2a, 2m, 22a) of the at least one feed cylinder (2, 27, 28, 29) in such a way that the
bud leaves protrude through them during a rotational movement of the at least one feed cylinder (2, 27, 28, 29).The
bud leaves projecting through the slots (23, 26, 31) are
cut off from the buds (1, 11, 15) by the at least one knife during rotation of the at least one feed cylinder (2, 27, 28, 29), and the trimmed buds (1, 11, 15) are fed to a removal device (19) for removal from the
cutting device (10, 30, 33, 34). The
cutting device (10, 30, 34) is characterized in that the
plant buds (1, 11, 15) are guided by means of a guide device (4r, 2r; 2m) on the outer casing (2a, 2m, 22a) of the at least one feed cylinder (2, 27, 28, 29) and in that the at least one knife (13) is provided inside the at least one feed cylinder (2, 27, 28, 29) facing its inner casing surface (2b) and rotatable.