kausumbha in the market

kausumbha :

Close-up of the flowers Photograph by: Pseudoanas

Substitute:

a less costly substitute for saffron

Adultrants:

used as a substitute and adulterant for saffron 

Controversy:

There is still controversy over whether C. oxyacantha or C. plaestinus is the wild progenitor of C. tinctorius (Ashri and Knowles, 1960, Kumar, 1991, Zohary and hopf, 2000)

Commercial value:

Oil, seeds, supplements in the cybermarket
Oil has been producedcommercially and for export for about 50 years, first as an oil source for the paintindustry, now for its edible oil for cooking, margarine and salad oil


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