From which part of the crocus flower is saffron obtained? =O omg!?

From which part of the crocus flower is saffron obtained? =O

From which part of the crocus flower is saffron obtained? =O omg!?
Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of the saffron crocus (Crocus sativus), a species of crocus in the family Iridaceae.





The flower has three stigmas, which are the distal ends of the plant's carpels.





Together with its style, the stalk connecting the stigmas to the rest of the plant, these components are often dried and used in cooking as a seasoning and colouring agent and marketed as saffron.





Saffron, which has for decades been the world's most expensive spice by weight, is native to Southwest Asia.


It was first cultivated in the vicinity of Greece.





Click on the links below to see the flowers. The red part in the pictures is the carpel ( style and stigma ) that is dried to make saffron.===


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Read the matter on the link below ===click on it to open =


http://www.greekproducts.com/greekproduc...
Reply:This is not a simple question. You will find answers that say the female parts (style %26amp; stigma) and the male parts (stamen [composed of anther and filament]). Both are correct, but not complete. I once grew and harvested saffron and I dried the anthers and styles/stigmas separately. They both add a great yellow color to paella. I did not taste a difference, but I am sure that some can. Harvesting with tweezers once was enough. I now buy it in a grocery store.





If you would like an official sounding citation how about this from an offical EU document? But note that I think the document should say anther rather than stamen because when I harvested with tweezers I did not get any of the filament.


"The stigmas are a lustrous to orange colour, length 40 to 50 mm together with part of the style. Their top end is serrated and under their weight they incline downwards, often outside the conoid. The saffron crocus is grown for the orange red stigmas of the flower and secondarily for the three yellow stamens. Its uses are many and various: in pharmacy, baking, cookery, cheese making, pasta production, the drinks industry and artists' paints."
Reply:From the stigma.
Reply:the stamiens

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