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China: A poppy field in Yunnan with queue-wearing opium farmers, c. 1900.

Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine. The Latin botanical name means the 'sleep-bringing poppy', referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates.

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Titre: China: A poppy field in Yunnan with queue-wearing opium farmers, c. 1900.

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Opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, is the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted. Opium is the source of many opiates, including morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine, and noscapine. The Latin botanical name means the 'sleep-bringing poppy', referring to the sedative properties of some of these opiates.

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Taille de l'image: 4400 × 4101 px | 51.6 MB

Taille d'impression: 37.3 × 34.7 cm | 1732.3 × 1614.6 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: AGRICULTURE • ASIE • ASIE, CONTINENT • CHINE • CHINOIS • CHINOISE • COLONIALISME • CONTINENT ASIE • DEPENDANCE (ALCOOL, TABAC) • HISOIRE • HISTOIRE • IMPERIALISME • OPIUM