Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.): flowering stems with separate whole and sectioned fruit. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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17243i
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Description

The unripe seed capsule yields opium used medicinally and for smoking, the seeds are used in baking and contain oil used in paints, salad oil and soap etc.

Publication/Creation

[Romae [Rome] : Bouchard et Gravier]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.3 x 22.8 cm

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Papaver hortense, semine albo, sativum Dioscoridis, album Plinii.C.B.Pin.170 - I.R.H.237 - Ital. Papavero dom.stico col seme bianco - Gall. Pàvot

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Wellcome Collection 17243i

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