Papaver somniferum

Papaver somniferum L. Engl.: blue bread seed poppy, mawseed, opium poppy, white poppy. Deu.: Schlaf-Mohn. Suom.: oopiumunikko, oopiumiunikko. Sven.: opiumvallmo, opievallmo, vallmo. Fran.: pavot à opium, pavot officinal. Span.: adormideras. Pharm.: fructus papaveris, meconium, opium, papaveris capsulae, succus thebaicus. Bot. syn.: Papaver laciniatum hort., Papaver paeoniflorum hort.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 1. Gail K. Ellison.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 1. Gail K. Ellison.

Photo by Gail K. Ellison: Red poppy flowers. 21 April 2005, North Florida, USA.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 2. Gail K. Ellison.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 2. Gail K. Ellison.

Photo by Gail K. Ellison: Red poppy flower. 21 April 2005, North Florida, USA.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 3. Gail K. Ellison.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 3. Gail K. Ellison.

Photo by Gail K. Ellison: Red poppy flowers. 21 April 2005, North Florida, USA.

Opium.

Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Narcotics.

Opium.

Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Diaphoretics.

Vallmo.

Bild 19. Vallmo.Gamla texter: Kryddor och kryddodling, 1919.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 5.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 5. Flower, top view. Lysekils örtagård, Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-13.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 6.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 6. Flower. Lysekils örtagård, Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-13.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 7.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 7. Flowering plants. Lysekils örtagård, Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-13.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 8.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 8. Flowering plant. Lysekils örtagård, Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-13.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 9.

Photo: Papaver somniferum 9. Flowering plants. Lysekils örtagård, Sweden. Planted. 2007-07-13.

Some Plants of Afghanistan, and their Medicinal Products, cont'd.

Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1887. ; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Astragalus heratensis; Rheum sp.; Orchis laxiflora; Microrhynchus spinosus; Delphinium Zalil; Papaver somniferum; Merendera persica.

Papaver Somniferum.

Classic texts: Scudder 1870.