藏红花,又名西红花、番红花、撒馥兰、泊夫兰等,为鸢尾科植物番红花的干燥柱头。名贵中药材藏红花,人们一直以为它产自西藏。其实不然,藏红花的产地在遥远的南皖和西亚。传说在很早以前,红花从陆路来到中国,要风尘仆仆地经过西班牙、希腊、伊朗、印度,再通过喜马拉雅山脉进入西藏,然后由西藏转销到内地广大地区。 Saffron, also known as saffron, saffron, sapilla, poland, etc., is the dry stigma of the saffron of the iris family. The saffron, a precious Chinese herbal medicine, was thought to have been produced in Tibet. In actual fact, the origin of saffron is in the distant South and West Asia. According to legend, safflower came to China from land long ago. It had to go through Spain, Greece, Iran, India, and then enter Tibet through the Himalayas. Then it was resold by Tibet to vast areas of the Mainland.