Papaver somniferum, Opium.
Classic texts: Boericke 1901.
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Papaver somniferum L.
Engl.: blue bread seed poppy, mawseed, opium poppy, white poppy.
Deu.: Schlaf-Mohn.
Fran.: pavot à opium, pavot officinal.
Sven.: opiumvallmo, opievallmo, vallmo.
Suom.: oopiumunikko, oopiumiunikko.
Span.: adormideras.
Pharm.: fructus papaveris, meconium, opium, papaveris capsulae, succus thebaicus.
Bot. syn.: Papaver laciniatum hort., Papaver paeoniflorum hort.
Classic texts: Boericke 1901.
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