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Saffron flowers

kombizz kashani

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Description from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron#_note-Katzer_2001

Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), a species of crocus in the family Iridaceae. The flower has three stigmas, which are the distal ends of the plant's carpels. Together with its style, the stalk connecting the stigmas to the rest of the plant, these components are often dried and used in cooking as a seasoning and colouring agent.

Saffron, which has for decades been the world's most expensive spice by weight is native to Southwest Asia. It was first cultivated in the vicinity of Greece.

The word saffron originated from the 12th-century Old French term safran, which derives from the Latin word safranum. Safranum is also related to the Italian zafferano and Spanish azafrán. Safranum comes from the Arabic word asfar, which means "yellow" via the paronymous zaffaran, the name of the spice in Arabic.

Approximately 170,000 flowers are needed for one kilogram of dried saffron; typically, one would need 2000 square meter field area per kg harvest.

As a therapeutical plant, saffron it is considered an excellent stomach ailment and an antispasmodic, helps digestion and increases appetite. It is also relieves renal colic, reduces stomachaches and relieves tension. It is also considered that in small quantities it regulates women’s menstruation, and helps conception. It is a fact that even since antiquity, crocus was attributed to have aphrodisiac properties. Crocus in general is an excellent stimulant!

Statistics from
http://www.tradepersia.com/saffron.htm

World Production of Saffron, crop year 2003-2004

Iran ... 180 ..tons >> 94.73%
Greece ... 3 ..tons >> 1.58%
Spain .... 1 ..tons >> 0.53 %
Morocco .. 1 ..tons >> 0.53 %
India .... 2 ..tons >> 1.05 %
Other countries 3 tons >>1.58%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron#_note-Katzer_2001
 
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Mike Spinak

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Kombizz,

While I am fond of botany, this is not a botany forum. It is, of course, a photography forum.

Thus, posting text pertaining to botany is of secondary interest, here. The text you post should discuss the photographic issues involved with the picture. The information about the subject is of optional and lesser interest; the information about how and why you took the photo, in all the exact ways you chose to make it, are more or less mandatory. The posts should be oriented toward enabling and facilitating discussion of photography in a manner that will potentially edify other photographers on the forum, for their own photographic endeavors.

Your cooperation will be appreciated. Thank you.
 

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Hi Kombiz,

There's still few things we need, but for now, we're O.K.

When a photograph is placed, only the details of the shot and what it's about and an indication of why it's being posted is needed.

Don't copy whole sections from the Wiki!

As Mike Spinak and Ray point out you need to have your own comments about your pictures. Don't quote from elsewhere, just what is needed for people to comment on the photograph.

Also no political or religious stuff. We have a place for controversy at the end of the forum, but one sided rhetoric is not accepted.

I found your website!

Asher
 
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