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numerous, anatropous, Fruit a capsule except in Platystemon 
which has follicles. Seeds richly albuminous. 
Fig. 190. — Papaver pomniferum —Flowering branch and fruit. (Sayre.) 
Official drug 
Opium 
Sanguinaria 
Unofficial 
Chelidonium 
Maw seed 
Part used 
Air-dried milky 
exudate 
Entire flowering 
plant 
Seeds 
Botanical name 
Papaver somni- 
ferum and its 
var. album 
Chelidonium 
majus 
Papaver somni- 
ferum album 
Habitat 
Eastern Mediter¬ 
ranean countries 
United States and 
Canada 
United States and 
Canada 
vide supra 
Rhizome and roots Sanguinaria 
canadensis 
