Opium Poppy belongs to these categories: Important drugs, Recreation products and originated in Eurasia. Given its scientific name by Carolus Linnaeus in 1753 from plants cultivated in European gardens; the name commemorates its narcotic properties. Native to the Mediterranean region, in Europe and North Africa.

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