Name in international languages
Spanish : Adermidera
French : Pavot
German : Mohn
Swedish : Valln
Arabic : Khashkhash
Dutch : Slaapbol
Italian : Papavero
Portuguese : Dormideira
Russian : Mak
Japanese : Keshi
Chinese : Ying Shu
Note: poppy seed for use in
cooking and baking, for example poppy
seed rolls.
Poppy Seed
Poppy seed is
the dried seed
of Papaver
somniferum, an
erect annual
herb, 30-150 cm
long with
0.5-1.5 cm thick
stem. Stem is
glabrous with
thick waxy
coating. Leaves
are numerous,
alternate,
spreading
horizontally,
15-25 cm long.
Flowers are few,
solitary, on a
10-15 cm long
peduncle. Fruit
is a capsule
with waxy
coating. Seeds
are numerous,
very small,
white grey with
an oily
endosperm. Poppy
is a self
pollinated
plant. The seed
is the spice.
Origin and
Distribution
The
centre of origin
of Poppy is the
Western
Mediterranean
region of Europe
and is
cultivated in
India, USSR,
Egypt,
Yugoslavia,
Poland, Germany,
the Netherlands,
China, Japan,
Argentina,
Spain, Bulgaria,
Hungary, and
Portugal for its
legal
pharmaceutical
use. It is also
grown illegally
for the narcotic
trade in Burma,
Thailand and
Laos (Golden
Triangle) and
Afghanistan,
Pakistan and
Iran (Golden
Crescent).
Poppy is
cultivated in
temperate and
sub-tropical
region and
requires well
drained, highly
fertile, light
black cotton
soil having good
percentage of
fine sand. In
India it is a
licensed crop
since the latex
of the mature
fruit are
collected for
the production
of opium, a
narcotic
substance.
Uses :
Poppy seed (Khas
Khas) is used as
food and as a
source of fatty
oil. It is
widely used for
culinary
purposes.
Because of its
highly nutritive
nature it is
used in breads,
cakes, cookies,
pastries,
curries, sweets
and
confectionary.
Its seeds are
demulcent and
are used against
constipation.
Used as a
relaxant, The
capsules are
used as a
sedative against
irritant
coughing and
sleeplessness in
the form syrup
or extract.
Botanical
name
Family
name
Commercial
part
Papaver
somniferum
L.
Papaveraceae
Seed
Category :
Agricultural
Products
Specification
PURE POPPY SEED
AVAILABLE IN
VERY HUGE
QUANTITY.
Quantity: 5000
M.TONS
Payment: L/C AT
SIGHT
Packing: 50 KGS
JUTE PACKS
Origin: India
The
centre of origin
of Poppy is the
Western
Mediterranean
region of Europe
and is
cultivated in
India, USSR,
Egypt,
Yugoslavia,
Poland, Germany,
the Netherlands,
China, Japan,
Argentina,
Spain, Bulgaria,
Hungary, and
Portugal for its
legal
pharmaceutical
use. It is also
grown illegally
for the narcotic
trade in Burma,
Thailand and
Laos (Golden
Triangle) and
Afghanistan,
Pakistan and
Iran (Golden
Crescent).
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