- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Compositae
- English Names
- Saff-Flower
- Safflower
- Wild Saffron
- Bastard Saffron
- socalled American Saffron
- Natural Habitat
- Levant
- Egypt
- Persia
- India
- China
- cultivated in Europe
- Part(s) Used
- Flores Carthami (the tubular florets)
- Semen Carthami
- Oleum Carthami
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- Constituent(s)
- flower: carthamin (red colouring matter)
- cellulose
- silica
- albumen
- iron
- manganese; seed: fixed oil
- albuminoids
- carbohydrates
- Action
- flower: laxative
- sudorific
- anodyne
- emmenagogue
- dyeing material; used as a substitute for Saffron; oil: rubefacient
- edible. The seed is employed instead of rennet to make cheese and much used in India as a purgative in rheumatism
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