Plant Details

Accepted name:: Crocus sativus L. [Iridaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adulerated saffron	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
agnishekhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agnishikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agnishikhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
akkinicekaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aquila saffron	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
avakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
avam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
azaferan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
azafran	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
azafrán	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
azafrán de la mancha	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
açafrão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
açcfrão	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bahlikabc,	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barcelona saffron	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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)
croc.	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
croci stigma	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
croci stigma ad praeparationes homoeopathica	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
croci stigma ad praeparationes homoeopathicas	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
crocus	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
crocus hispanicus	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
crocus orientalis	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
crocus sativus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
crocus sativus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
echter safran	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
fan hong hua	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fan hung hua	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
fan-hung-hua	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
gaura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gewürzsafran	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
ghasra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghrusrrn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ghuia	Other	Unani Pharmacop. 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 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) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
jafrana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jafranekar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaguda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaashmira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaashmiraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kara	Other	Unani Pharmacop. 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) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
keshar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
keshara	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
keshr	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
koema-koema	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
komkoma	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
krokos saffron	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
krókos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
ksataja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshataja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kucumpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumguma	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kumgumappoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kumkum	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kumkuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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) Siddha Med. Pl. for Respiratory Diseases (Ram et al., 2009) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
kungumapuvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. 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) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kunkuma puvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kunkuma puvvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. 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) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
kunkumappuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunkumapuvu	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
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 Pharmacop. 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)
kρóκoς koάζνης	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
larkimasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lohita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mancha saffron	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
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)
po fu lan	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. 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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sa fa ang	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
sa'faran	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
saffranskrokus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
saffraon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
saffron	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
saffron cress	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saffron crocus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
saffron for homoeopathic preparations	Other	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
saffron stigma	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
saffron style & stigma	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
safran	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
safron	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sahuran	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
stigma croci	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
szafran	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
szafrana	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
sáfrány	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
true saffron	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
turukkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulokitacantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaalhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vadrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
z'afarân	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
za afran l-hor	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
zaafaran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
zaafraan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
zafaran	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
zafarfon	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
zafarn	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
zafarán	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
zaferān	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
zaffaron	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
zafferano	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
zafferano dell’aquila	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
zaffran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaffron	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
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) Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
zafran sayida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zafrane hor	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
zahafaran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zang hong hua	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 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	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) Trad. 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)
‫زعفارن‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
サフラン	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
番紅花	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
番红花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
藏红花	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
西紅花	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
西红花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stigma	dried stigma	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
stigma, style		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
stigma		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Stigma		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 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		Trad. 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)
flowers, leaves		Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
stigmas of the flowers		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stigma		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Stigma		The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Flowers		Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
stigma		Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006)
stigma, styles	dried stigma, tops of styles	Siddha Med. Pl. for Respiratory Diseases (Ram et al., 2009)
stigma		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flower, stigma	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
style, stigma		Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
style		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
style, bulb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
stigma	dried stigma	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
stigma	dried stigma	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
bulb, flower, style		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
stigma		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
stigma		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
stigmas		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stigma	dried stigma	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
stigma	dried stigma	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
stigma, style	dried stigmas, usually joined by the base to a short style	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
stigma	stigma	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
flower	dried style and stigma	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
style, stigma	dried style and stigma	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
stigma		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
stigma		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
flower, stigma, upper style		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
stigma		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
stigma		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
flower	Dried stigmas	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
stigma		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
stigma		Korean Pharmacop., 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	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
Crocus sativa Linn.	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Crocus sativus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Crocus sativus (L)	Med. Pl. in the Milieu of Swat, Pakistan (Nasir et al., 2014)
Crocus sativus L.	British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) 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) Israeli Trad. Med. (Lev, 2006) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) 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 & Pelt, 1982) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Siddha Med. Pl. for Respiratory Diseases (Ram et al., 2009) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Crocus sativus Linn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Crocus sativus Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Crocus sativus Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Crocus sativus Linne	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Crocus sativus Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)

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