Poppy Seed (Posta Dana)

Product Overview

We are a well known manufacturer and supplier of Poppy Seed (Posta Dana) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. While the stem is glabrous with thick waxy coating, the leaves are numerous, alternate, spreading horizontally, to about 15-25 cm. Flowers are few, solitary, on a 10-15 cm long peduncle. The fruit is a capsule with waxy coating. Seeds are numerous, very small, white grey with an oily endosperm. Poppy is a self pollinated plant. The seed is the spice. The centre of origin of Poppy is the Western Mediterranean region of Europe. It is cultivated in India, Russia, Egypt, Yugoslavia, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Argentina, Spain, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Portugal for its legal pharmaceutical use. It is cultivated in temperate and sub-tropical region and requires a well drained, highly fertile, light black cotton soil having a good percentage of fine sand.

2025nd Year

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Product Description

We are a well known manufacturer and supplier of Poppy Seed (Posta Dana) in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. While the stem is glabrous with thick waxy coating, the leaves are numerous, alternate, spreading horizontally, to about 15-25 cm. Flowers are few, solitary, on a 10-15 cm long peduncle. The fruit is a capsule with waxy coating. Seeds are numerous, very small, white grey with an oily endosperm. Poppy is a self pollinated plant. The seed is the spice. The centre of origin of Poppy is the Western Mediterranean region of Europe. It is cultivated in India, Russia, Egypt, Yugoslavia, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, China, Japan, Argentina, Spain, Bulgaria, Hungary, and Portugal for its legal pharmaceutical use. It is cultivated in temperate and sub-tropical region and requires a well drained, highly fertile, light black cotton soil having a good percentage of fine sand.