This variety, also known as a breadseed or opium poppy, has been cultivated ... The latex coats the exterior of each poppy ...

Poppy seeds come from the opium poppy (or breadseed poppy), a flowering plant likely indigenous to lower Mesopotamia (Southwest Asia). These kidney-shaped, speck-sized dried seeds have no narcotic ...

The last of July or early in August is a good time to sow the seed, as the plants stand the winter without injury. The single poppy he found to yield more opium than the double, and there is less ...

The climate of these parts of Asia seems peculiarly adapted to the growth of the species of poppy (papaver somniferum), from which opium is obtained ... and what quantity of seed will do for ...

Eating the infamous poppy seed cake known as makowiec ... As you probably already know, poppies are what opium, morphine and heroin are made from, as the seeds are a natural source of opiate. Pastry ...

It's important to clarify that the white poppy is a different species altogether, not a strain of the plant from which opium ...

Poppy pods have become increasingly popular in recent years for a variety of uses from ornamental purposes in gardens to their use in crafting herbal medicine and even their role in traditional practi ...

A Taliban spokesman told the BBC they imposed the ban because of the harmful effects of opium - which is taken from the poppy seed capsules - and because it goes against their religious beliefs.

5. Poppies are needed to make morphine Morphine is created from the milky latex in the seed head of the opium poppy. For this reason, the poppy is featured on the Royal College of Anaesthetists ...

A conundrum still looms for the poppy farmer: Opium is haram ... 200 tons of fertilizer and seed packs sit heaped beside the trucks that just delivered them. One of the trucks has a shattered ...

She checked her smartphone to find out the plant is an opium poppy called atsumigeshi ... system and diffuses large numbers of tiny seeds. Tokushima Prefecture conducts an annual campaign to ...