Humans have utilized plants in medicine for thousands of years. As a matter of fact, the Sumerians were the first to record ...

Many California natives require fire to germinate their seeds and so we could see some of them sprouting this winter and ...

and stems of opium poppy because they're poisonous. Only the seeds are edible. If you want poppies in different colors this ...

The last of July or early in August is a good time to sow the seed, as the plants stand the winter without injury. The single poppy he found to yield more opium than the double, and there is less ...

He acknowledges that the poppy field is his. "My father taught me how to grow poppies ten years ago," he says. "Until this year, I was able to produce 60 pounds of opium from my farmland." ...

Poppy seeds, derived from the opium poppy plant (Papaver somniferum), are commonly used in various food products. However, their consumption can lead to the presence of opiate alkaloids ...

A 3-year-old boy who loves plants has been honored by police for finding a banned opium poppy in his neighborhood. Kawamura Yuki discovered a plant with blooming purple flowers in an open area ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have succeeded in slashing opium poppy production in the country after banning cultivation of the crop, analysis of satellite imagery and reports from the ground ...

Six acres of illicit poppy at hill range between Khoripok and Sehjang villages in Kangpokpi, Manipur were destroyed by ...

Assam Rifles with Manipur Police and forest department officials, destroyed approximately 5 acres of illicit poppy cultivation.