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Saffron (pronounced /ˈsæfrən/ or /ˈsæfrɒn/) isa spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as thesaffron crocus. Crocus is a genus in the family Iridaceae. Saffron crocus growsto 20–30 cm (8–12 in) and bears up to four flowers,each with three vivid crimson stigmas, which are the distal end of a carpel.Together with the styles, or stalks that connect the stigmas to their hostplant, the dried stigmas are used mainly in various cuisines as a seasoning andcolouring agent. Saffron, long among the world's most costly spices by weight,is native to Greece orSouthwest Asia and was first cultivated in Greece. As a geneticallymonomorphic clone, it was slowly propagated throughout much of Eurasia and waslater brought to parts of North Africa, North America, and Oceania.
Thesaffron crocus, unknown in the wild, probably descends from Crocuscartwrightianus, which originated in Crete; C.thomasii and C. pallasii are other possible precursors. The saffron crocus is atriploid that is "self-incompatible" and male sterile; it undergoesaberrant meiosis and is hence incapable of independent sexual reproduction—allpropagation is by vegetative multiplication via manual "divide-and-set"of a starter clone or by interspecific hybridisation. If C. sativus is a mutantform of C. cartwrightianus, then it may have emerged via plant breeding, whichwould have selected for elongated stigmas, in late Bronze Age Crete.
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