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Papaver somniferum

Description
Life form	herb	Physiology
Habit	erect	Category	medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on large scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	15	24	3	28	Soil texture	medium	medium
Rainfall (annual)	800	1200	300	1700	Soil fertility	high	moderate
Latitude	15	10	55	60	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	2400	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	6.5	7.5	6	8.3	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), steppe or semiarid (Bs), subtropical dry summer (Cs), temperate oceanic (Do), temperate continental (Dc), temperate with humid winters (Df), temperate with dry winters (Dw)	Photoperiod	long day (>14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	-5	Killing temp. early growth	0
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, large scale/commercial	Crop cycle	135	210
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity
	ley cropping

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	minerals	seeds
material	lipids/oil & fats	seeds
food additive	condiment/seasoning	seeds
medicinal	nervous system applications	exudates
medicinal	muscular/skeletal applications	exudates
medicinal	respiratory applications	exudates
poison	mammals	exudates