Opium Poppy
Botanical Name: Papaver somniferum
Botanical Name:
Papaver somniferum
Family:
Family
Appearance:
The annual herbaceous plant of culture, 1-1.5 m high, with the green-blue air side. It contains a whitish latex. Flowers have 4 different color petals, from white to red or purple. The capsules are greenish-gray before maturity, gaquen-mature, mature, certified. Inside, there are many gray, blue or blue-black seeds.
Origins:
Mediterranean region
Active constituents:
- Acetic acids, cynic juice, meconic, citric, malic.
- Morphine, thebaine, codeine, pseudomorphine, neopine, papaverine, laudanine, codamine, nacotine, narcine, narcotoline, oxinarcotine. protopine.
Healing properties:
Only in the form of authorized pharmaceuticals with medical advice.