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The botanical name for opium poppy is Papaver somniferum.
The poppy is used for medicinal purposes, such as the production of morphine and codeine. Unfortunately is is also used to produce illegal drugs such as heroin.
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∙ 15y agoThe opium poppy contains the sap from which the drug opium is manufactured. Several other plants also contain this substance; however, none in the same high concentration.
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∙ 14y agoopium is a drug obtained from the seed capsules of the white poppy
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∙ 11y agocommonly white, I have also had pink, purple, and red grow from opium poppy seeds.
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