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A : The saffron crocus looks like its ordinary spring-blooming relatives, but it always blooms in the fall, says Laurence Sombke, author of " Beautiful Easy Herbs ."
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Wan reflected on how saffron was used in his time : " The [ saffron crocus ] flower withers after a few days, and then the saffron is obtained.
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"' Saffron "'is a color that is a tone of golden yellow resembling the color of the tip of the saffron crocus thread, from which the spice saffron is derived.
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The saffron crocus, unknown in the wild, probably descends from " Crocus cartwrightianus ", which originated in Crete; " vegetative multiplication via manual " divide-and-set " of a starter clone or by interspecific hybridisation.
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The saffron crocus probably resulted when " C . cartwrightianus " was subjected to extensive artificial selection by growers seeking longer stigmata . " C . thomasii " and " C . pallasii " are other possible sources.
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Egyptian healers used saffron as a treatment for all varieties of gastrointestinal ailments : when stomach pains progressed to internal hemorrhaging, an Egyptian treatment consisted of saffron crocus seeds mixed and crushed together with " aager "-tree remnants, ox fat, coriander, and myrrh.
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It was striking enough that the flowers managed to bloom under such conditions, but even more so that here in southeastern Pennsylvania _ an area known for chickens, mushrooms and a simple way of life _ these were not just any flowers but saffron crocuses.
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For example, he wrote of the entry on the saffron crocus, " Our author in this chapter was of many minds . " The plant drawings in the 1633 and 1636 editions used hundreds of woodblocks originally made for an edition of Rembert Dodoens's original herbal, the basis of Gerard's work.
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Only subsequently, when its labour-intensive cultivation became largely centred in Kashmir, did it seem sufficiently exotic to qualify as one of the most precious of spices . " Saffron crocus cultivation has long centered on a broad belt of Eurasia bounded by the Mediterranean Sea in the southwest to India and China in the northeast.
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