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Only Crocus Sativus provides SAFFRON

Only Crocus Sativus provides SAFFRON u2022tA delicate highly valued spice, with very interesting medical properties, prescribed in Homeopathy u2022tSaffron provides taste and it a powerful dye u2022tIt is a corm planted at 15cm depth, multiplying yearly and produces new corms u2022tCrocus Sativus is a sterile plant, therefore for over 3000 years pure u2022tCrocus Sativus has a reversed vegetation cycle, leaves come out in September and the plant flowers in October, and dries up in May-June next year u2022tSaffron flower is composed 6 (Six) Petalu2019s ,3 (three) golden Stamens and one red pistil (joined with 3 Stigmas u2022tIt is this pistil made up of 3 stigmas which when dried up gives the spice saffron

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