Plant Details

Accepted name:: Papaver somniferum L. [Papaveraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Papaver somniferum nothosubsp. authemanii (Rouy) B.Bock

Papaver somniferum subsp. setigerum (DC.) Arcang.

Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aalan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
aapheen	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
aaphim	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
aaphim postadaanaa	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
aaphuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aaphuuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aapu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
abhini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
abini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
abu-an-naum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
abunom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acarankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adormidera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
afeem	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afeemu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afim	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afirm	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afium	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afiun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afyoon	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
afyoun	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
afyum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
afyun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahifen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahiphena	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ahiphenam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahipihena	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
ajasrngi	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
amal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amapola real	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
apeem	Other	Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
apenam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apheem	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
aphim	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
aphimu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
aphina	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aphini	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
aphu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aphukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apinicetti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
apiṉi	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
atilam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avil	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
avin	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avinee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bale-wort	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bazr-ul-khashkaash	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bazrul-khash-khash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
benzoated	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
biligasagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
biligasgase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bizrul khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bizrul-khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blaumohn	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
cacavinmayirttali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camphorated	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
caranation poppy	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
casa casa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cettanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chosa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkumatantulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dormideira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
gasagasala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gasagasala-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gasagasalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gasagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gasalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gasgase	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
gasgashaalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
gasha-gasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gasha-gasha-chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gasha-gasha-tol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gashagasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gassgasalu	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
gasugasalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gear	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hashesh	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hashesheh	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
haskáshi	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
hishas	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
iracanatikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
joan silverpin	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kacakaca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacakacacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacakacā (seed)	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kacavanipam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahs-khasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaknar nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannatayacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karappu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kas-kas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasa-kasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasabijam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasakasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kasakase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasakash	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kasakathi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasha-kashach-chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashakasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kashkash	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
keshi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khakasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khakhasa (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khas-khas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khasa-khasi-gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khasabija	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
khasakhasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khasatilaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khash--khash-ke-khash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khash-khash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khash-khash-ka-per	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khash-khash-ke-bonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhaash	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
khashkhash safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhash sufaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhashsufaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhashul baiza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhassh (safaid/siyah)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhāsh-e-asvad	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
khaskhas	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
khaskhasa	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
khaskhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khaskhashinche baend	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khishkhash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khushus	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khuskhus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khākhasaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khākhastilaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kokinar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
koknar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koknar nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laudanum	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
madhunasini	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
maw seed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nabatul-khash-khash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagaphena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallamandu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
nallamanthu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
noscapine resin	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
oeillette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oilseed poppy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
opievallmo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
opium	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
opium brut	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
opium crudum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
opium poppy	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
opium pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
opium tincture	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
opium, raw	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
papaveris pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
papavero da oppio	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
papoula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
papoula branca	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
parunkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasto dana	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
pavero domestico	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pavot officinal	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pavot somnifère	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
pericarpium papaveris	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
pest	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phaniphena	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poast khahkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poast khashkash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poast khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poast-i-khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poppy	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
poppy capsule	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
poppy seeds	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
posht	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
post	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
post-daanaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
post-e-khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
post-e-koknar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
post-koknar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
post; khash-khash-ka-per	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
posta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
posta-katol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postabeej	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
postabeekai	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
postadaanaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
postaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postaka-chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postakaya-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postakkaycceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postdana	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
poste koknar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poste-khash-khash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postekoknar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
posthakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
posts	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
posttakkaai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
posttakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postubejam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postukkaycceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postuvrikshaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
powdered opium	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
pōsttakkāy	Other	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
qashqash	Other	Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
qishr-ul-khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qishrul khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qishrul-khash-khash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qishrul-khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
scag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schlafmmohn	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
schlafmohn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
smack	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
small opium poppy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
standardized powdered	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
sufeed srah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khashkash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khashkhas safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khashkhash safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-e-anarkewa	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tukhm-ekhashkhaash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tukhm-i-khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-i-khaskhash safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhme-koknar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukme koknar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ude saleeb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ullasata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellai postakay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white poppy	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
wild poppy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yanggwibi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ying su	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ying su qiao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ying su zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
yingsuqiao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
ābu el-num	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
āphūkam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
χασκάσιη	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
افيون	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
حشيش	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حشيشه	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
خشخاش أسود	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
アヘン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
罂粟	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
罂粟壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
罂粟嫩苗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鸦片	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
pericarp	dried pericarp	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
capsule	latex	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
juice		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
fruit	air-dried milky exudate from unripe capsules	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Latex		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seed, Fruit pericarp		Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
milky juice, capsule		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
milky juice, capsule		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Latex, Seeds		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fruit	unripe fruit	Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
Latex, capsule, seeds		Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
seed, latex, leaves, flower, fruit	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
latex	tincture, powder, resin	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
capsules	exudate obtained by incising the unripe capsules	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
latex obtained by incising unripe capsules		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
latex from capsule, capsule, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
capsules		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
exudate (fruit)		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pericarp	dried pericarp	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit	dried latex	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
fruit	exudate	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
fruit	latex	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
	powder	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
seed	seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
seed	dried seed	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
fruit	vegetal drug, tincture, dry extract, fluid extract, latex, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Fruit (Seed), Seed Coat		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
	homogeneous powder	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed	seed	Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008)
fruit	Air-dried latex obtained by incision from the unripe capsules	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
fruit	air-dried milky exudate	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Papaver sommiferum	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Papaver somnifera Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Papaver somniferum	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Papaver somniferum L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Siddha Pharmacopoeia India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Papaver somniferum L. subsp. somniferum	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Papaver somniferum Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Papaver somniferum Lindl.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010)
Papaver somniferum Linn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Papaver somniferum Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Papaver somniferum Linne	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Papaver somniferum Linné	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Papaver somniferum Schl.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Papaver somniferum subsp. somniferum	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

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