Non scientific name details for crocus sativus - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

crocus sativus

1 Accepted name(s) for "crocus sativus":

Accepted name
Crocus sativus L.

12 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		stigmas of the flowers
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L. MPNS Best Guess	Crocus sativus L.		Stigma
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.
Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.
Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.
Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.
Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.	style & stigma	style & stigma
Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L. MPNS Best Guess	Crocus sativus L.		Flower
Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L. MPNS Best Guess	Crocus sativus L.		Stigma
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)	Crocus sativus	Crocus sativus L.	Crocus sativus L.		stigma

15 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "crocus sativus":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
fan hong hua	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
keshar	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
komkoma	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kumkuma	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kunkuma	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
saffron	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
saffron crocus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
safran	Other	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
safron	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
spanish saffron	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
true saffron	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zaferān	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zanghonghua	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
زعفران	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
藏红花	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)