Hook. f. & Thoms.Family: Papaveraceae.
Habitat: Mediterranean region and temperate Asia. (Allied species: H. pendulum Linn. and H. procumbens Linn., found in Peshavar, Multan, Waziristan and Baluchistan). Occurs in Sikkim.
Folk: Zirgulaki, Waziri.Action: Used in stomachache. Juice of the plant has the same effect as opium. Leaves diaphoretic. Plant— narcotic.
The whole plant contains protopine (0.19) as the major alkaloid.
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