What is Papaver bracteatum?
{{Speciesbox | image = Papaver_bracteatum_im_Botanischen_Garten_Erlangen.JPG | genus = Papaver | species = bracteatum | authority = [[John Lindley|Lindl.]] }} '''''Papaver bracteatum''''', also known as the '''Iranian poppy''' and '''Persian poppy''' and '''the great scarlet poppy''' This species is grown to produce [[thebaine]], which is commercially converted to [[codeine]] and semi-synthetic [[opiates]]. ''Papaver bracteatum'' does not contain [[morphine]], codeine or any other narcotic alkaloids in significant amounts. [[Oripavine]] has been reported in minute traces but would not exert a relevant activity.<ref>Von Lyle E. Craker, James E. Simon (Eds.) (1991). ''Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, and Pharmacology Vol. II.'' (p. 69) Binghamton NY: The Haworth Press Inc. [https://books.google.com/books?id=BODCi6MO60QC&pg=PA63 LCCN 86-646860]</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Plants of Asia]] [[Category:Ranunculales]]