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Uses of saffron
- Source :
- Economic Botany. 37:228-236
- Publication Year :
- 1983
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 1983.
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Abstract
- The uses of saffron through the ages are discussed. Originally prized both as a medicament and as a dyestuff, these applications have declined in modern times; it has also been used as a perfume. The primary market now is as a food spice—by far the world’s most expensive.
- Subjects :
- Plant ecology
Primary market
Geography
Agroforestry
Botany
Plant Science
Horticulture
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18749364 and 00130001
- Volume :
- 37
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Economic Botany
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........55a809631a7ced416062b9bc9c65beed
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02858789