Morphology Of Flowering Plants Root Stem And Leaf Question 318
Question: Opium is obtained from which part of the plant, Papaver somniferum?
Options:
A) Inflorescence
B) Fruit (unripe)
C) Male part (dried)
D) Seeds
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
[b] Opium is a narcotic drug that is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a plant of the family Papaveraceae.
Opium is obtained by slightly incising the seed capsules of the poppy after the plant’s flower petals have fallen.
The slit seed pods exude a milky latex that coagulates and changes colour, turning into a gum like brown mass upon exposure to air.
This raw opium may be ground into a powder, sold as lumps, cakes, or bricks, or treated further to obtain such derivatives as morphine, codeine, and heroin.
Opium and the drug obtained from it are called opiates.
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