Medicinal Plants (I) Papaver somniferum, Linn. n.o. Papaveraceae. common names: bale-wort; cheesebowl; opium poppy; peony poppy; white poppy. French: pavot blanc ...

Opium poppy seed capsules yield opium and 25 different alkaloids used in medicine ...

The opium poppy, in the Papaveraceae family ... A very lucrative trade, ruled by the British, was then established through the East Indian Company, which sold opium in exchange for tea and silk for ...

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Opium poppy plants can be refined to form the the basis for several highly addictive drugs, including heroin. Afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, according to the United Nations ...

Balancing an AK-47 assault rifle slung around his left shoulder and with a large stick in his right hand, Abdul hits the heads of poppies ... still hoped to sell his harvest of opium It might ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...

By hand-harvesting some 10-by-10 foot grids to get an average yield, RCMP now estimate over 60,000 opium poppy plants were being grown on the land. The size of the crop makes it the largest of its ...