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es and Dried
atex

Dried Latex

s, is an emulsion or suspension
plant occurs in plants in special structures named laticiferous
structures (which may be cells, tubes or vessels) and from which
s the latex is obtained by making incisions in the plant.
The well-known latex is opium.

orating the liquid Opium‫الخشخاش‬
Aloe ferox and
the air-dried latex obtained by incision from the fully-
grown but unripe capsules of Papaver somniferum
Fam. Papaveraceae

dark brown to chocolate brown
ble

Shape: rounded or cubical pieces.
Plastic when fresh & hard on keeping

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