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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 the 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
| 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 |
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) |
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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 globe 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 throats.
Medicinal uses
- It is used to provide relief from nausea, pain and infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।" data-rx-term="inflammation" data-rx-definition="Inflammation is the body’s response to injury, infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।">inflammation of acute gout and rheumatism.
- Seeds and corm are pain-relieving medicine. সহজ বাংলা: ব্যথানাশক ওষুধ।" data-rx-term="analgesic" data-rx-definition="An analgesic is a pain-relieving medicine. সহজ বাংলা: ব্যথানাশক ওষুধ।">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 infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।" data-rx-term="inflammation" data-rx-definition="Inflammation is the body’s response to injury, infection, or irritation, often causing pain, swelling, heat, or redness. সহজ বাংলা: শরীরের প্রদাহ; ব্যথা, ফোলা বা লালভাব হতে পারে।">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.
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