CASTELLO - Pure Spanish Saffron
Saffron is a crocus sativus linnaeus belonging to the family of the
Iridaceae. It is a cultivated plant often mistaken for colchicum.
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The name saffron comes from the Arabo-persian "za'faran", Arabs having dominated the spice market for a very long time.
It is a corm that one plants at a depth of 15 cm and it multiplies each year producing new corms. Crocus sativus has a reversed vegetation
cycle, which means that the leaves come out in September and the plant
flowers in October then dries up the following May.
The saffron flower is composed of 6 purple petals, 3 golden yellow stamens and one red pistil. It is this famous pistil which is made up of 3
stigmas (filaments) that result in the spice called SAFFRON.
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