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[[File:Safflower.jpg|thumb|right|''Safflower'', ''Carthamus tinctorius'']]
'''Safflower''' ('''Carthamus tinctorius''') is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like an annual plant. It is commercially native to the Mediterranean countries and cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from in Europe and the seedsU.S. Plants are 30 to 150 cm (12 to 59 in) tall with globular flower heads having yellow ==Uses=={{Uses|heart disease}}, {{Uses|cholesterol}}, {{Uses|tumours}}, {{Uses|stomatitis}}, {{Uses|fevers}}, {{Uses|eruptive skin complaints}}, {{Uses|inflammations}}, {{Uses|wound}}, orange{{Uses|rheumatism}}<ref name="Uses"/> ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Seeds}}, or red flowers{{Parts Used|Leaves}}. Each branch will usually have from one to five flower heads containing 15 to 20 seeds per head. Safflower  ==Chemical Composition==The major constituent is native the chalcone C-glucoside carthamin (up to arid environments having seasonal rain8. It grows a deep taproot which enables it to thrive in such environments. It is also known as 5%)<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=Kusumba|te=|hi=Kusum|en=Safflower, Dyers' saffron}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|ovate-lanceolate|Leaves armed with small, False saffron spiny teeth}}<ref name="common namesLeaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|1 to 11/2 inches across|orange-yellow|5|This thistle is valued for its orange-yellow flowers in summer and for the oil contained in its seeds}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|simple||clearly grooved lengthwise, Lowest hooked hairs aligned towards crown||many}} ===Other features===
== Description List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used== Its glabrous, branching stem grows from 1 to 3 feet high and bears alternate, sessile, oblong, or ovate-lanceolate leaves armed with small, spiny teeth. The orange-yellow flowers grow in flower heads about 1 to 11/2 inches across. This thistle is valued for its orange-yellow flowers in summer and for the oil contained in its seeds. The orange-red flowers of safflower sometimes serve * [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as a substitute for saffron, since they give a (rather pale) colour to the food''root juice extract''
== Uses Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}.
*Traditionally==How to plant/cultivate==Safflower probably grows best in the semi-arid subtropics, the crop was grown for but cultivars have been developed that widen its seeds, range and used for coloring and flavoring foods, in medicines, and making red (carthamin) and yellow dyes.*The plant has been it is now cultivated mainly for from the vegetable oil extracted from its seeds.*The latter is used in painting temperate zone to higher elevations in the place of linseed oil, particularly with white paints, as it does not have the yellow tint which linseed oil possesses.tropics<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Common nameCommonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|warm temperate}}, {{Commonly seen|tropical}}.s ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery>
* '''English''' - Safflower* '''Kannada''' - ಕುಸುಬೆ* '''Hindi''' - कुसुम==References==
== References == <references><ref name="common nameschemical composition">[http://wwwherbalinformation.flowersofindiaawardspace.netcom/catalog/slides/Safflower.html ?cm=c&fn=carthamus_tinctorius "Flowers of Indiachemical assays"]</ref></references>
<ref name== External Links =="Leaf">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Safflower.html "safflower botony"]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[httpshttp://entropical.wikipediatheferns.orginfo/wikiviewtropical.php?id=Carthamus+tinctorius "cultivation details"]</Safflower Safflower-Wikipedia]ref></references>
==External Links==
* [https://easyayurveda.com/2018/01/01/safflower-oil-carthamus-tinctorius/ safflower benefits,uses]
* [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874113007757 A phytochemical and pharmacological review]
* [http://www.herbgarden.co.za/mountainherb/herbinfo.php?id=516 safflower plant information]
* [https://www.medicinalplantsanduses.com/safflower-oil-benefits Safflower Oil Medicinal Uses And Benefits For Skin & Weight Loss]
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