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Crocus sativus

Scientific Name
Crocus sativus
Family Name
Iridaceae
Common Names
Saffron
Local Names
Kesar (India), Sapeuran (Korea)
Description
A bulbous, perennial herb with long, linear, channelled leaves. Flowers deep violet,funnel shaped, stalkless, and appearing in autumn with the leaves. Petals narrowelliptic, equal, fused below into long slender corolla tube; styles orange, stigma brickred. (India)
A perennial herbaceous plant reaching 15cm in height (Korea)
Uses
Sedative, stimulant, abortifacient, fever, snake bite, melancholia, liver, spleen, catarrh,diabetes, vomiting, worms, headache, wounds, epilepsy (India)
Sedative, dysmenorrhea, hematemesis (Korea)
Anti spasmodic, fever, catarrhal ailments, stimulant, emmenagogue, liverinflammations (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Korea - Gyeongbuk Euseong Natural Product Experimantal Station
Remarks
Crocus sativus (GRIN)

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