- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Iridaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Much cultivated in Spain
- Greece
- Southern Europe
- Southern Russia
- Western Asia
- Asia Minor
- Persia
- Iran
- Syria
- China
- Part(s) Used
- Flores Croci
- Stignata Croci
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- Constituent(s)
- volatile oil (safranol)
- fixed oil
- crocin (crocetin)
- proteids
- polychroit (colouring matter)
- picrocrocin
- (bitter principle)
- wax
- mucilage
- sugar
- acids
- Action
- nervine
- heart-tonic
- carminative
- sudorific
- aphrodisiac
- emmenagogue
- antispasmodic
- colouring agent
- antiseptic
- aromatic
- stimulant
- sedative
- anodyne
- resolutive; in large doses it is a narcotic poison
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