Safflower - Wikipedia
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual plant in the family Asteraceae. It is one of the world's oldest crops, and today is commercially cultivated for vegetable oil extracted from the seeds .
Carthamus - Wikipedia
The genus Carthamus, the distaff thistles, includes plants in the family Asteraceae. [4] The group is native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] The flower has been used since ancient times in the Philippines, which it has been called kasubha by the Tagalog people .
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Safflower characteristics - Botanical online
2024年9月3日 · Safflower or wild saffron (Carthamus tinctorius) is an annual plant native to the Mediterranean region. This plant measures between 40 and 100cm. (up to 1.5m.) tall. It consists of rigid and branched stems, which end in various secondary branches. The stems are cylindrical, grayish green and with longitudinal striations.
Safflower is a branching, spiny, thistle-like herbaceous annual plant. Originally, safflower was grown for its floral pigments for use as red (carthamin) and yellow (carthamidin) dyes and for medicinal purposes. Now, it is mainly cultivated in hot dry climates as …
Safflower | Edible Oil, Dye & Spice | Britannica
2024年10月10日 · safflower, flowering annual plant, Carthamus tinctoris, of the Asteraceae family; native to parts of Asia and Africa, from central India through the Middle East to the upper reaches of the Nile River and into Ethiopia. The safflower plant grows from 0.3 to 1.2 metres (1 to 4 feet) high and has flowers that may be red, orange, yellow, or white.
Phylogenomic investigation of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) …
2023年4月17日 · Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius, Asteraceae) is a source of high-quality edible oil growing in moisture-limited environments. Despite its economic importance, the relationships to close wild species in Carthamus and the presence and relationships of ecotypes within safflower are still not fully clarified.
safflower | Taxonomy - PubChem
2021年4月26日 · A plant genus of the family ASTERACEAE. Oil from the seed (SAFFLOWER OIL) is an important food oil of commerce.
Safflower - ScienceDirect
2016年1月1日 · Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) belongs to family Compositae or Asteraceae. The genus Carthamus comprises 25 species having 10, 11, 12, 22, and 32 pairs of chromosomes. Of the 25 species only C. tinctorius, having 2n = 24, is cultivated and the rest are wild and weedy in …
Safflower - bionity.com
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) is a highly branched, herbaceous, thistle-like annual, usually with many long sharp spines on the leaves. Plants are 30 to 150 cm tall with globular flower heads (capitula) and commonly, brilliant yellow, orange or red flowers which bloom in July.