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    Health Benefits of Autumn Crocus

    By s mJanuary 2, 2020Updated:January 3, 2020No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Other names for Autumn Crocus are meadow saffron, naked ladies and naked boys. The herbaceous perennial of the meadows of Europe originated in Colchide on the eastern bank of the Black Sea. Autumn Crocus is a bulb growing to 0.2 m by 0.2 at a medium rate. It is in flower from August to October and seeds ripen from April to June. Species are hermaphrodite and is pollinated by bees and flies. It prefers well-drained soils with suitable pH: acid, alkaline and neutral soils. It is grown as an ornamental plant and naturalized in parts of United States. Flowers are purple which forms from underground bulbs or corms in autumn and are usually most visible features of this plant. Young leaves appear in the spring and dies back before flowering.

    Facts About Autumn Crocus

    Autumn Crocus Quick Facts
    Name: Autumn Crocus
    Scientific Name: Colchicum autumnale
    Name Autumn Crocus
    Scientific Name Colchicum autumnale
    Common/English Name Wild Saffron, Meadow Saffron, Naked Boy, Naked Lady, and Son before the Father
    Name in Other Languages German: Herbst-Zeitlose;
    Lithuanian: Rudeninis vėlyvis;
    English: Autumn crocus, Autumn-crocus, Colchicum, Meadow-saffron, Meadow saffron;
    Arabic: ʿAkna (عَكنه), Hafer el mohar (حافر المهر), lhelah kheryefy (لحلاح خريفي),  Khamira,  Qatel el kelb (قاتل الكلب),       Sewrenjan alekheryef (سورنجان الخريف), Sourendjan (سورنجان);
    Bulgarian:  Obiknoven mrazovets (Обикновен мразовец);
    Catalan:  Còlquic;
    Chinese:  Qiū shuǐ xiān (秋水仙);
    Czech: Ocún jesenní, Ocún podzimní;
    Danish: Høsttidløs, Høst-Tidløs;
    Dutch:  Herfsttijloos, Wilde Herfsttijloos;
    Finnish: Syysmyrkkylilja;
    French: Chenarde, Colchique d’automne, Dame-nue, Dame-sans-chemise, Femme-nue, Mort-aux-chiens, Oignon de loup, Safran bâtard, Tue-chien, Tue-loup, Veilleuse, Veillotte;
    German: Herbstkunkel, Herbstlilie, Herbstzeitlose, Herbst-Zeitlose, Nackte Jungfer, Nackte Kath, Wiesen-Safran,  Wiesen-Lilie;
    Greek: Kolchikó to fthinopo̱rinó (Κολχικό το φθινοπωρινό), Kolchikó fthinopo̱rinó (Κολχικό φθινοπωρινό);
    Hebrew: קולכיקומ, Qolkhyqom (סתוונית שווא);
    Hungarian: Őszi kikerics, Őszi krókusz;
    Italian: Colchico autumnale, Colchico d’autunno, Freddoline, Narciso autumnale, Strozzacane, Zafferano selvatico;
    Japanese:  Inusafuran (イヌサフラン), Koruchikamu (コルチカム);
    Norwegian: Tidlaus, Tidløyse
    Polish: Zimowit jesienny
    Portuguese: Açafrão-bastardo, Acáfrão-do-prado, Cebola venenosa, Cólchico, Narciso-de-outono;
    Russian: Bezvremennik osennij (Безвременник осенний);
    Slovakian: Jesienka obyčajná, Ocún jesenní ;
    Slovenian: Jesenski podlesek;
    Spanish: Azafrán silvestre, Cólquico, Cólquico común, Cólquico de otoño, Despachapastores, Quitameriendas, Vellorita;
    Swedish: Hösttidlösa, Nakna jungfrun, Tidlösa, Vanlig tidlösa;
    Turkish: Aci çiğdem, Güz çiğdemi, Itboğan, Sonbahar çiğdemi;
    Ukrainian: Пізньоцвіт осінній  Piznʹotsvit osinniy̆;
    Urdu:  سورنجان
    Vietnamese: Bả chó, Cây bả chó
    Plant Growth Habit Herbaceous perennial
    Leaf 25 cm (10 in) long
    Flowering Season August to October
    Flower Purple, 4–7 cm (2–3 in) across

    Plant description

    Autumn Crocus is a perennial plant belonging to Lily family Lilium convallium and Veratrum. It is grown in most parts of the temperate areas of Europe, America and Asia and growing wild in moist meadows. The corm is a white, bulbous mealy like mass about 3 cm wide by 5 cm high which is covered with a brownish red tunic. Leaves are 25 cm long and flowers are solitary, 4–7 cm (2–3 in) across with six tepals and six stamens with orange anthers and three white styles.

    Flower

    Stalk is 4-6 inches long with single globet shaped flowers which lasts for upto 2 weeks. Flowers are 2 inches wide which emerges from the ground long after the leaves have diet back. Primarily a light pink purple color and have white flowers. Flowers have six stamens rather than three stamens of the crocus. Autumn Crocus has large, globet shaped, fragrant flowers which are 5 inches tall and have white throat.

    Medicinal uses

    • It is used to provide relief from nausea, pain and inflammation of acute gout and rheumatism.
    • Seeds and corm are analgesic, cathartic, antirheumatic and emetic.
    • For gout, take rind seeds of Autumn Crocus with water once a day.
    • For rheumatism, apply a paste of Autumn Crocus with 3-4 buds of saffron and egg.
    • For wounds, sprinkle root powder of Autumn Crocus over the wounds two times a day.

    Precautions

    • It may cause vomiting, serious inflammation of stomach, bowels, violent purging and death.
    • The corms can cause skin allergies in some people.
    • It can cause burning of mouth, throat, diarrhea, vomiting, liver and kidney problems, nerve problems, blood disorders, organ failure, shock and death.

    References:

    https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=42907#null

    https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Colchicum+autumnale

    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/104063871002200125

    http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/c/colchicum-autumnale=autumn-crocus.php

    https://herbpathy.com/Uses-and-Benefits-of-Colchicum-Autumnale-Cid2909

    https://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/colchicum-autumnale.html

    https://practicalplants.org/wiki/Colchicum_autumnale

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    Autumn Crocus Scientific Classification

    Scientific Name: Colchicum autumnale

    Rank Scientific Name & (Common Name)
    Kingdom Plantae (Plants)
    Subkingdom Viridiplantae  (Green plants)
    Infrakingdom Streptophyta  (Land plants)
    Superdivision Embryophyta
    Division Tracheophyta  (Vascular plants, tracheophytes)
    Class Magnoliopsida
    Order Liliales
    Family Colchicaceae
    Genus Colchicum L. (Colchicum)             
    Species Colchicum autumnale L. (Autumn crocus)
    Synonyms
    • Bulbocodium antumnale (L.) Lapeyr.
    • Bulbocodium autumnale (L.) Lapeyr.
    • Colchicum autumnale f. bulgaricum (Velen.) Domin
    • Colchicum autumnale f. macropetala Gajic
    • Colchicum autumnale f. milosi Gajic
    • Colchicum autumnale f. pannonicum (Griseb. & Schenk) Domin
    • Colchicum autumnale f. radei Gajic
    • Colchicum autumnale f. transsilvanicum (Schur) Domin
    • Colchicum autumnale subsp. pannonicum (Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman
    • Colchicum autumnale subsp. vernum (Reichard) Nyman
    • Colchicum autumnale var. album Gray
    • Colchicum autumnale var. bulgaricum (Velen.) Stoj. & Stef.
    • Colchicum autumnale var. elatius Simonk.
    • Colchicum autumnale var. major Tubergen
    • Colchicum autumnale var. pannonicum (Griseb. & Schenk) Baker
    • Colchicum autumnale var. serotinum Gray
    • Colchicum autumnale var. speciosissimum Bubela
    • Colchicum autumnale var. transsilvanicum (Schur) Nyman
    • Colchicum autumnale var. vernale (Hoffm.) Nyman
    • Colchicum autumnale var. vernum Reichard
    • Colchicum autumnale var. viridiflorum Opiz
    • Colchicum borisii Stef.
    • Colchicum bulgaricum Velen.
    • Colchicum commune Neck.
    • Colchicum crociflorum Sims
    • Colchicum doerfleri var. orientale Kitanov
    • Colchicum drenowskii Degen & Rech.f. ex Kitan.
    • Colchicum orientale Friv.
    • Colchicum orientale Friv. ex Kunth
    • Colchicum pannonicum Griseb. & Schenk
    • Colchicum polyanthon Ker Gawl.
    • Colchicum praecox Spenn.
    • Colchicum rhodopaeum Kov.
    • Colchicum transsilvanicum Schur
    • Colchicum turcicum subsp. pannonicum (Griseb. & Schenk) Nyman
    • Colchicum vernale Hoffm.
    • Colchicum vernum (Reichard) Georgi
    • Colchicum vernum Kunth, 1843
    • Colchicum vranjanum Adamovic ex Stef.
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