Poppy can be collectively referred to as nearly 180 species of Papaver, and it can also be specifically referred to according to Flora of China. Poppy is a kind of panicum miliaceum. Branched, with rough extension. Leaves alternate, pinnately parted, lobes lanceolate or strip lanceolate, with coarse hairs on both sides. Buds are ovoid, with long stalks and drooping when unopened. Sepals are green and fall off after flowering. Petals 4, purplish red, there are many patterns and colors for planting poppies. The base usually has dark purple spots, broadly obovate or suborbicular, and the anthers are yellow. The pistil is obovoid and the stigma is radial. Poppy is the main raw material for opium production, and its extract is also the source of many sedatives, such as morphine, thebaine, codeine, papaverine and narcotine. The scientific name means "hypnosis", which reflects that it is narcotic. Poppy seed is an important food, which contains oil beneficial to health. It is widely used in salads all over the world. Poppy is a kind of precious ornamental plant.
Illegal cultivation of opium poppy, marijuana and other narcotic plants will be forcibly eradicated. Under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined:
1, more than 500 opium poppies but less than 3,000 opium poppies, or a large number of other narcotic plants.
2, planted behind the public security organs.
3. Resist eradication. Whoever illegally grows more than 3,000 opium poppies or other narcotic plants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined or confiscated. Illegal cultivation of opium poppy or other original plants of drugs, which are automatically eradicated before harvest, can be exempted from punishment.
legal ground
Article 351 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Illegal cultivation of opium poppy, marijuana and other original drugs shall be forcibly eradicated. Those who plant more than 500 but less than 3,000 opium poppies shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also be fined. Whoever illegally grows more than 3,000 opium poppies or other narcotic plants shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined or confiscated.