View source for Crocus sativus - Kesara

[[File:Crocus sativus 02 by Line1.JPG|thumb|right|''Kesara'', ''Crocus sativus'']]
'''Kesara''', Crocus sativus is one of the most expensive spices by weight. The delicate red stigmas have been traded for centuries. Iran is the highest producer of saffron today.

==Uses==
{{Uses|Improves skin complexion}}, {{Uses|Impotency}}, {{Uses|Wound healing}}<ref name="Uses"/>

==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|Stigma}}

==Chemical Composition==

==Common names==
{{Common names|kn=kaesari, kumkuma kaesari|ml=kesaram, kunkumam, kunkumappu|sa=agnishikha, aruna, asra, asrika, kashmiraja, kashmirajanma, kasmira, kaisara, rudhirakumkuma|ta=kunkumappu, kacimiram, kasmiram|te=kunkuma-puvva, kunkumamu|hi=kesar, saphran, zaffran|en=Saffron}}
<ref name="Common names"/>

==Properties==
Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.
===Dravya===

===Rasa===
Tikta (Bitter), Katu (Pungent)
===Guna===
Snigdha (Slimy)
===Veerya===
Ushna (Hot)
===Vipaka===
Katu (Pungent)
===Karma===
Pitta, Kapha, Vata
===Prabhava===

==Habit==
{{Habit|Herb}}

==Identification==
===Leaf===
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===Flower===
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===Fruit===
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===Other features===

==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==


==Where to get the saplings==
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Corms}}.

==How to plant/cultivate==


===Season to grow===

===Soil type===


===Propagation===

==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Sub tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Temperate area}}

==Photo Gallery==
<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">
File:Crocus sativus, saffron (17).jpg|Leaves
File:Crocus sativus Y03.jpg|Flower
File:Crocus sativus, saffron (4).jpg|Styles
File:Crocus sativus leaves 01.jpg|Leaves
File:Crocus sativus, illness (35).jpg|Corm
File:Safran de Touraine.jpg|Saffron
</gallery>

==References==

<references> 
<ref name="Uses">[https://easyayurveda.com/2017/07/20/saffron-kumkuma-crocus-sativus Uses]</ref>
<ref name="Common names">[http://envis.frlht.org/bot_search Vernacular names Common names]</ref>
</references>

==External Links==
* [http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Crocus+sativus] 

[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Iridaceae]]