What is the history of saffron growing?
Q: What is the history of saffron growing?
A: The history of saffron growing reaches back more than 3,000 years. Wild plants with long stigmas were chosen by humans, and eventually C. sativus came into being in late Bronze Age Crete.
Q: What was the first document to mention saffron?
A: The first document to mention saffron is a 7th-century BC Assyrian book about botany which was written in the time of Ashurbanipal.
Q: How long has saffron been used for medicinal purposes?
A: Saffron has been used for medicinal purposes for about 4,000 years.
Q: What type of plant is the wild form from which the saffron crocus comes from?
A: The wild form from which the saffron crocus comes from is called Crocus cartwrightianus.
Q: When did C. sativus come into being?
A: C. sativus came into being in late Bronze Age Crete.
Q: Who wrote the 7th-century BC Assyrian book about botany that mentions saffron?
A: The 7th-century BC Assyrian book about botany that mentions saffron was written in the time of Ashurbanipal.
