The climate of these parts of Asia seems peculiarly adapted to the growth of the species of poppy ... opium only once by tapping. The tapping should be performed a few days after the flower ...

British authorities did not annex the region until the early 1800s, and when they tried to protect their monopoly by banning opium farming, the poppy defied them: Flowers continued to grow ...

An Australian flower farmer was shocked this week when ... Dixon had accidentally been growing two banned species of poppy: the opium or breadseed (Papaver somniferum); and the Iranian, Persian ...

There are two main uses for the opium poppy. It is a source of the opiates used in painkillers, the most biologically active of which are morphine and codeine. Its seeds are also used for cooking ...

Balancing an AK-47 assault rifle slung around his left shoulder and with a large stick in his right hand, Abdul hits the heads ... effects of opium - which is taken from the poppy seed capsules ...

poppy seeds are the seeds of a poppy flower—specifically the papaver somniferum. This variety, also known as a breadseed or ...

The red poppy has long been used ... delightfully random places. "The opium poppies, in particular, have beautiful seed heads which can be used in dried flower arrangements." ...