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KINGDOM:Plantae || PHYLUM:Tracheophyta || CLASS:Liliopsida || ORDER:Asparagales || FAMILY:鸢尾科 Iridaceae || GENUS: 番红花属 Crocus

番红花 Crocus sativus L.

Accepted name Crocus sativus L. (Iridaceae) WCVP · exact match
Catalogue of Life China 番红花
Flora treatments

《中国植物志》|| 鸢尾科 IRIDACEAE ||番红花属 Crocus L. ||番红花 Crocus sativus L.

2. 番红花(本草纲目)藏红花(英拉汉植物名称),西红花(广西)图版39: 6
Crocus sativus L. Sp. Pl. 36. 1753; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 276. 1892; Bailey, Man. Cult. Pl. 265. 1949; 崔友文, 华北经济植物志要 557. 1953; Makino, New Ill. Fl. Jap. 867, t. 3460. 1956; 中国高等植物图鉴 5: 571, 图7972. 1976.
多年生草本。球茎扁圆球形,直径约3厘米,外有黄褐色的膜质包被。叶基生,9-15枚,条形,灰绿色,长15-20 厘米,宽2-3毫米,边缘反卷;叶丛基部包有4-5片膜质的鞘状叶。花茎甚短,不伸出地面;花1-2朵,淡蓝色、红紫色或白色,有香味,直径2.5-3厘米;花被裂片6,2轮排列,内、外轮花被裂片皆为倒卵形,顶端钝,长4-5厘米;雄蕊直立,长2.5厘米,花药黄色,顶端尖,略弯曲;花柱橙红色,长约4厘米,上部3分枝,分枝弯曲而下垂,柱头略扁,顶端楔形,有浅齿,较雄蕊长,子房狭纺锤形。蒴果椭圆形,长约3厘米。
原产欧洲南部,我国各地常见栽培。
花柱及柱头供药用,即藏红花。味辛、性温,有活血、化瘀、生新、镇痛、健胃、通经之效。


Source 中国植物物种信息数据库


Plant use records
Chinese name Vernacular name Plant Ethnic group Use Source
番红花 卡奇鸽尔更 番红花 Crocus sativus L. Uyghur medicine Ethnomedicinal 《中国藏药》
番红花 古日古木 番红花 Crocus sativus L. Uyghur medicine Ethnomedicinal
番红花 古日古木 番红花 Crocus sativus L. Uyghur medicine Ethnomedicinal 《藏本草》
番红花 则帕儿 番红花 Crocus sativus L. Uyghur medicine Ethnomedicinal 《维药志》
西红花 西红花 西红花 Crocus sativus L. Medicinal 中国药典2020
番红花 番红花 番红花 Crocus sativus L. Medicinal 中华本草
西红花 西红花 西红花 Crocus sativus L. Uyghur Ethnomedicinal 中华本草
西红花 西红花 西红花 Crocus sativus L. Mongolian Ethnomedicinal 中华本草


Historical formulas containing this species
Use in historical formulas by period (5 formulas in total)
Use in historical formulas by periodPre-Qin: 0Pre-QinHan: 0HanWei–Jin & N–S: 0Wei–Jin& N–SSui–Tang & Five Dynasties: 0Sui–Tang& Five DynastiesSong: 0SongJin–Yuan: 0Jin–YuanMing: 0MingQing: 55Qing




Wild economic plants of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (field survey)
Plant name Local name Family Life form Part used Folk use Voucher Locality Ethnic group Region

Research papers
Title Authors Journal Date
Neuroprotective potency of some spice herbs, a literature review Khazdair, Mohammad Reza; Anaeigoudari, Akbar; Hashemzehi, Milad; Mohebbati, Reza JOURNAL OF TRADITIONAL AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE APR 2019
Application of response surface methodology to optimise supercritical carbon dioxide extraction of volatile compounds from Crocus sativus Shao, Qingsong; Huang, Yuqiu; Zhou, Aicun; Guo, Haipeng; Zhang, Ailian; Wang, Yong JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE MAY 2014
Ethnobotanical Treatment Strategies Against Alzheimer''s Disease Howes, Melanie-Jayne R.; Houghton, Peter J. CURRENT ALZHEIMER RESEARCH JAN 2012
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