Acuminate: the leaf apex ends in a long drawn out point. Apiculate/mucronate: the leaf apex ends in a short protruding point. Hooked: with the apex distinctly hooked to one side (uncinate).
Latex is the cytoplasm of specialized cells, or laticifers, that form an internal secretory system associated with phloem tissues of the vascular system throughout the plant (Thureson-Klein, 1970). The manual lancing of unripe seed capsules is the traditional method for the collection of opium poppy latex.
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