Plant Details

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

Papaver rhoeas var. himerense Raimondo & Spadaro

Papaver rhoeas subsp. polytrichum (Boiss. & Kotschy) J.Thiébaut

Papaver rhoeas subsp. rhoeas

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amapol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amapola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amapolo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
anapol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
armistis hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
babaoles dulces	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
canker	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chovanna-kaha-kashach-cheti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chovannakashakasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civantapostakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappu postakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappukkacakaca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappukkacakacacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappukkilanelli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappuppostakkaycceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common poppy	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common red poppy	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
coquelicot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
corn or field poppy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
corn poppy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
corn rose	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cornpoppy	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
erra-gasa-gasala-chettuu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra-posta kaye chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra-posta-kaya-chettu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erragassagassala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errapostakaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
field poppy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fino	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
flanders poppy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gaeyanggwibi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gelincik çiçeğj	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
gul-e-lala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gulelalakebija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gya men	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
hina-geshi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jangli mudrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasakasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kempu-khasa-khasi-gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempugasagase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempugasgase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukhasa-khase gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempukhasakhasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempupostaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khasakhasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhashsiyah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhashulsuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khashkhāsh-e-bostāni	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kheshkhash menthor	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
klatsch-mohn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
klatschmohn	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
klatschmohnblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
koknare-surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koknaresurkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kontotsipa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kornvallmo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kotsinopetinos	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
kutsunáda	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
laal kaskas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
laal posta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal-poshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal-post	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalpost	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lāleh-nomāni	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
nabatul khashkhash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nabatul-khashkhash ahmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paparine	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
paparouna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
paparína	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
papaver rhoeas	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
papaver rhoias	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
papaveris rhoeados flos	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
papoula rubra	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
papparina	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pepper box	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
peteinos	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
poppies-field	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
poppy	Other	Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
post	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
postekebija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakta posta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rakta-posta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktapostavrikshah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktapostuvrikshaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red poppy	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
red poppy petals	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
redfield	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rgya men	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
rhoeados flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
rhoeados petalum	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
scattebotte	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shaghayegh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
shakaek alnuman	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
shevappughas-ghaschedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shigappu-postaka-chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirley poppy	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirley's poppy	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shivappu-gasha-gasha-chedi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivappu-postaja-chedil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siguppuppostaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivantha posthakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sivappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sivappugashagasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambadakhasakhasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambde-khaskhasache-jhad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yu mei ren	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
παπαρούνα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
خشخاش بستاني	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
شقائق النعمان	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
لاله نعمانی	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
རྒྱ་མེན།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
‫خشخاش‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
丽春花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
petal		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
petal		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
young stems		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
tender tops		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Flower		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Latex, seeds		Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
petal, leaves, flower, root, capsule	latex from capsules	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flower		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
petal		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
flower		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	dried, whole or fragmented petals	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
flower	dried, whole or fragmented petals	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flower	vegetal drug, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf, stem		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
flower	Dried, whole or fragmented petals	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Papaver rhoeas var. vulgare Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(2): 538 (1827), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Papaver rhaeas L.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Papaver rhoeas	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Papaver rhoeas 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) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Papaver rhoeas Linn.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Papaver rhoeas Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Papaver rhoes L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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