Papaver somniferum(PAPSO)
Overview Code created in: 2004-04-17
- EPPO Code: PAPSO
- Preferred name: Papaver somniferum
- Authority: Linnaeus
Native to Portugal to Italy. Widely cultivated for centuries in most of the Euromediterranean region as a medicinal plant (opium), for its seeds (as a flavouring), for its seed oil, and as an ornamental (in various colours), and correspondingly naturalized as a weed. Raw material for the illicit production of heroin, so that its production is regulated in some countries.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Papaver somniferum subsp. hortense | (Hussenot) Syme |
| Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| opium poppy | English |
| Garten-Mohn | German |
| Schlaf-Mohn | German |
| oeillette | French |
| pavot à opium | French |
| pavot blanc | French |
| pavot somnifère | French |
| adormidera | Spanish |
| amapola real | Spanish |
| papavero bianco | Italian |
| papavero da opio | Italian |
| papavero domestico | Italian |
| papavero sonnolento | Italian |
| blauw maanzaad | Dutch |
| maankop | Dutch |
| maanzaad | Dutch |
| slaapbol | Dutch |
| dormideira | Portuguese |
| papoila-da-Índia | Portuguese |
| papoila-do-ópio | Portuguese |
| papoulo | Portuguese |
| opievallmo | Swedish |
| opiumvallmo | Swedish |
| keshi | Japanese |
| popî | Japanese |
| ケシ | Japanese |
| ポピー | Japanese |
| мак опийный | Russian |
| мак снотворный | Russian |
| opium-valmue | Danish |
| opiumsvalmue | Norwegian |
| oopiumiunikko | Finnish |
| haşhaş | Turkish |
| mak lekarski | Polish |
| kerti mák | Hungarian |
| lulkuqe | Albanian |
| lo-belarra | Basque |
| opio-belarra | Basque |
| posto | Bengali |
| градински мак | Bulgarian |
| сънотворен мак | Bulgarian |
| cascall | Catalan |
| yīng sù | Chinese |
| 罂粟 | Chinese |
| vrtni mak | Croatian |
| mák setý | Czech |
| afeem | Hindi |
| afyum | Hindi |
| khasakhas | Hindi |
| khas-kash post | Hindi |
| अफ़ीम | Hindi |
| खसखस | Hindi |
| draumsól | Icelandic |
| codlaidín | Irish |
| 양귀비 | Korean |
| yang gwi bi | Korean |
| xaħxieħ vjola | Maltese |
| pabot | Occitan |
| pavon | Occitan |
| mak siaty | Slovak |
| vrtni mak | Slovene |
| мак снотворний | Ukrainian |
| llysiau'r cwsg | Welsh |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Basal eudicots (
1BEUD )
Order
Ranunculales (
1RANO )
Family
Papaveraceae (
1PPAF )
Subfamily
Papaveroideae (
1PPAS )
Genus
Papaver (
1PAPG )
Species
Papaver somniferum (
PAPSO )