kausumbha :

Close-up of the flowers Photograph by: Pseudoanas

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Order: Asteraless
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Carthamus
Species: Carthamus tinctorius

Allied species:

Classical Categorisation

1. Bhava prakasha - hareetakyadi varga, dhanda Varga

2. Dhanvantari Nighantu - suvarnadi varga

3. Kaiyyadeva Nighantu - dhanya Varga, drava varga

4. Raja Nighantu - ksheeradi Varga

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: agnishikha, cusumbha, gramyakunkuma, kamalottara, kamlottama, kukkutashikha, kusamba, kusambabijam, kusumbha, kusumbhah, lohita, maharajana, padmottara, papaka, pita, rakta, vanishikha, vasraranjana
English: safflower, parrot seed, wild saffron
Hindi: Kusum, Kusumba, Kusuma, Hubulkhurtum
Urdu: Gul rang
Telugu: Kushumba
Bengali: Kusum, Barre
Marathi: Kardai, Kardi
Oriya: Kusum
Gujarathi: Kusumbo
Tamil: Kusumba
Malayalam: centurakam, chendurakam, kuyimpu
Kannada: kusambe, kusambi-bija, kushibe, kusibe, kusube, kusube enne kaalu, kusubeegida, kusubi, kusumba, kusumbe, kusumbhi, kusume, kusume kaalu, maharajana
Punjabi: Kasumba
Sindhi: Pavari
Arabic: Asfur, asfoor, Osfur, Usfar
Spanish: Alazor, Alazor bastardo, Azafrán bastardo, Cártamo.
Assamese: Kusum, Kusum-phul
Japanese: Beni bana, Beni hana
Chinese: Da hong hua
French: Carthame des teinturiers, Fleur de carthame, Graine de carthame, Safran bâtard.
German: Deutscher saflor, Färberdistel, Färbersaflor, Falscher Safran , Saflor.
Persian: Gulrang
Sinhalese: (කුසුඹ)
Greek: Knikos