Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Papaver somniferum
Scientific Name and Description
Papaver somniferum L
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | gear, maw seed, opium poppy, scag, smack |
| Hindi | afeem, afim, afin, afyun, amal, aphim, doda, kahs-khasa, kas-kas, kashkash, khash--khash-ke-khash, khash-khash, khash-khash-ka-per, khash-khash-ke-bonde, pest, post, post; khash-khash-ka-per, posts, sufeed srah |
| Kannada | abini, afeemu gida, afirm, biligasagase, biligasgase, gasagase, kasakase, kasakathi gida, khasa-khasi-gida, khasakhasi, khuskhus |
| Malayalam | afium, avin, karappu, kasakasa, kasha-kashach-chedi, kashakasha |
| Marathi | afeem, afu, aphu, khaskhas, khaskhashinche baend, khuskhus, posta |
| Sanskrit | aaphuka, ahifen, ahiphena, ahiphenam, aphukam, chosa, kakasha, kasabijam, khakasa, khas-khas, khasa, khaskhasa, nagaphena, phaniphena, post, postubejam, postuvrikshaha, ullasata |
| Tamil | abhini, abini, acarankam, apenam, apin, apini, apinicetti, atilam, cacavinmayirttali, casa casa, cettanti, cukkumatantulam, gasha-gasha, gasha-gasha-chedi, gasha-gasha-tol, gashagasha, iracanatikam, kacakaca, kacakacacceti, kacavanipam, kannatayacceti, kasa-kasa, kasakasa, parunkam, postaka, postaka-chedi, postakai, postakkaycceti, posthakkai, posttakkai, postukkaycceti, vellai postakay |
| Telugu | abhini, gasagasala, gasagasala-chettu, gasagasalu, gasalu, gasugasalu, kasakasa, nallamandu, nallamanthu, posta-katol, postakaya-chettu |
| Urdu | afiun, afyun, kaknar nim kofta, khashkhash, khashkhash safaid, khashkhashsufaid, khashkhassh (safaid/siyah), khaskhash, kokinar, koknar nim kofta, opium, poast khahkhash, poast khashkash, poast khashkhash, poast-i-khashkhash, post-e-khashkhash, tukhm khashkash, tukhm khashkhas safaid, tukhm khashkhash, tukhm khashkhash safaid, tukhm-i-khashkhash, tukhm-i-khaskhash safaid |
| Common Names | Papaver somiferum, opium poppy, breadseed poppy, |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Homoeopathy
Folk
Western
Herb usable parts
Fruits
Seeds
Ethnopharmacology use
Papaver somniferum L. Herb Seed - - Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Herbs Medicinal Activity
Herbs Medicinal Activity (औषधीय गुण)
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Chopda and Mahajan 2009
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
FLORA OF INDIA VOL 2 Author - Botanicaly Survey of India
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
FLORA OF TRIPURA STATE VOL2 Author - D.B. DEB
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Papaver somniferum. (2024, July 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_somniferum