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Purple opium poppy flower (Papaver somniferum) with a yellow center and dark markings, surrounded by green, lobed foliage. Poppy seeds Two Afghan workers harvest resin from scored green poppy pods in an opium poppy field, with mountains visible in the background. An Afghan policeman in uniform uses a stick to destroy white opium poppy plants in a large field in Afghanistan. opium poppy
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Opium poppy
Natural opioids, such as codeine, heroin, morphine, and opium, can be extracted from...
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Poppy seeds
Edible poppy seeds from the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum).
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Afghanistan: opium poppies
Collecting resin from opium poppy capsules in a field in Afghanistan, 2008.
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Helmand province, Afghanistan: eradication sweep of opium poppies
Afghan policemen destroying opium poppies during an eradication sweep in Helmand...
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Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum) with (left) mature fruit and seed and (right)...
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