Wild crocus

Source Naturally occurs in cranberries, ligonberries (1,360 ppm), peppermint leaves (20-200 ppb), tea leaves, cassia bark, carob, blessed thistle, purple foxglove, jasmine, hyacinth, apples, tobacco leaves, daffodils, autumn crocus, prunes, anise seeds, ripe cloves, and wild black cherry tree bark (Duke, 1992 quoted, Verschueren, 1983). 

Wild sarsaparilla Avalia nudicaulis) has long been an ingredient of soft drinks. Aloe Aloe vera) once provided needles for early phonographs and remains important today as a salve in the treatment of bums and in cosmetics. Meadow saffron or fall crocus Colchicum au-tumnale) was used to treat gout (a painful disease of inflamed Joints), and is still much used in research. Cochic ine is extracted from the plant and used to pre-... 

The Colchium Autumnale is a wild flower found in meadows and woodlands. It s a perennial herb in the lily family which grows from a solid bulb that can unfortunately be mistaken for a wild onion. The rapier like leaves grow about a foot high, and in the early fall one or two leafless stalks sprout from the bulb each stalk produces a single white-to-purplish-pink flower that resembles a crocus. 

Colchlcum Corm. Meadow saffron autumn crocus wild saffron meadow crocus. Dried corm of Co/chicum maimnale L., Liliaceae. Habit. Central and Southern Europe, North Africa. Consllt. 0.3-0 5% colchicine, colchi- in. colchicoresin, starch, etc. Detn of colchicine in colchicine corm Self, Corfield, Quart. J. Pharm. Pharmacol S, 347(1932). 

Colchicum autumnale (Colchicaceae) is a perennial plant that grows wild in Europe and North Africa. Colchicum autumnale, the autumn crocus, is... 

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