Plant Details

Accepted name:: Crocus sativus L. [Iridaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agnishekhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agnishikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akkinicekaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
autumn crocus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
avakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
azaferan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
azafran	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
azafrán	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
açafrão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
açcfrão	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
bahlikabc,	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhavarakta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankocapicunam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catikecam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catimaracam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
centurukkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
croci stigma	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
croci stigma ad praeparationes homoeopathica	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
croci stigma ad praeparationes homoeopathicas	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
crocus	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
crocus autumn	Other	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
crocus hispanicus	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
crocus orientalis	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
crocus sativus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cukkilapputta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dipaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dye saffron	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
echter safran	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
fan hong hua	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fan-hung-hua	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
gaura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gewürzsafran	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
ghasra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghuia	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ghusriam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghusrna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghusruna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghuśiṇa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gur gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
gur-gum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harichandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hay saffron	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
irattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irattancapittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jafran	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
jafrana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jafranekar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaguda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacimiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaesar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaesari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaisara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaleyaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kamkana	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
kanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kara	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kashmara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashmiraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashmirajanma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasmira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasmiraja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasmirajanma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasmiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kecaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kecarippu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
kesara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kesari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
keshar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
keshara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
kha che	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khoongoomapoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirucan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kmra	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
koema-koema	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
krókos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
ksataja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucumpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumkum	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
kumkuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumkuma kaesari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumkumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kungu mappoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kungumappoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kungumapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kungumapuvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kunkuma	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kunkuma puvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kunkuma puvvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kunkuma-kesara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkuma-puvva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumakesari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumapave	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumappuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumapuvve	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumma-purru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurkum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kusrunam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusumatmaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuṅkuma (style and stigma)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kāśmīra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kēśara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
larkimasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lohita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mangal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mangalya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maralukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maravatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mavacciram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mavananki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalalpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naravucaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palapaliriti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piriyakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pishuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pumalekinam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putpika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
quste talkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
raktachandana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktasanjna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruchira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rudhira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saffranskrokus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
saffraon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
saffron	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
saffron cress	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saffron crocus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
saffron for homoeopathic preparations	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
saffron stigma	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
safran	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
sankoca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankocha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sankochapishuna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saphran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sapran	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
saubhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saurab	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shonita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shonitavhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spanish saffron	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
stigma croci	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
szafran	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
szafrana	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
sáfrány	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
true saffron	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
turukkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulokitacantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vallapetam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanmikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varabalhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vareniyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varenya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatankura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xi hong hua	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
xihonghua	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
z'afarân	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
za afran l-hor	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zaafaran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zafaran	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zafarfon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zafarn	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zafarán	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
zaferān	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zafferano	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zaffran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zafran	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zafran sayida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zafrane hor	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zahafaran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zang hong hua	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
zanghonghua	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
zeferan	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
z’afaran	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
ζαφαράν	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
κρόκος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
زعفران	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
نارفعز	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
གུར་གུམ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
サフラン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
番紅花	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
藏红花	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
西紅花	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stigma	dried stigma	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stigma, style		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
stigma		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Stigma		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Stilus & Stigma		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Flower		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Stigma		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Style, Bulb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
flower		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
stigmas		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Stigma		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stigma	dried stigma	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Stigma		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
stigma		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
stigmas		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stigma	dried stigma	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007)
stigma	dried stigma	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
stigma, style	dried stigmas, usually joined by the base to a short style	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
stigma	stigma	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
flower	dried style and stigma	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
style and stigma	dried style and stigma	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
stigma	tincture, vegetal drug, dry extract, fluid extract, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
stigma		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982)
Flower (Stigma & upper Style)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
stigma		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
stigma		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
flower	Dried stigmas	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
stigma		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
stigma		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crocus autumnalis Sm. Engl. Bot.: t. 343 (1796), nom. illeg.
Crocus officinalis (L.) Honck. Syn. Pl. Germ. 1: 273 (1792).
Crocus orsinii Parl. Fl. Ital. 3: 238 (1860).
Crocus pendulus Stokes Bot. Comm. 1: 209 (1830).
Crocus sativus var. cashmerianus Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts. 1: t. 90, f. 1 (1834).
Crocus sativus var. officinalis L. Sp. Pl.: 36 (1753).
Crocus sativus subsp. orsinii (Parl.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 248 (1890).
Crocus sativus var. orsinii (Parl.) Maw Gard. Chron., n.s., 11: 234 (1879).
Crocus setifolius Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 104 (1812).
Geanthus autumnalis Raf. Specchio Sci. 1: 116 (1814).
Safran officinarum Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6: 473 (1790).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crocus sativa Linn.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Crocus sativus	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Crocus sativus L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin et al., 1982) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Crocus sativus Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Crocus sativus Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Crocus sativus Linne	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Crocus sativus Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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