Keena: angiosperms (Magnoliophyta).
ʻAhua: monocotyledonous (Monocotyledones).
Kauoha: asparagaceous (Asparagales).
Kāohana: iris (Iridaceae).
Kāhea: crocus (Crocus).
Nānā: Etruscan crocus (C. etruscus).
ʻO ka crocus Etruscan he bulbous mea mau a hiki i 10 cm kiʻekiʻe. Ma kāna weheweheʻana, like ka crocus me nā mea kanu lāʻau āpau o ka ʻohana Iris. I kēia ʻatikala, e hōʻike mākou iā ʻoe i ke koiola o ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka noi a me ka ʻike ʻana o ka crocuses, e haʻi iā ʻoe i ka nui o ka crocuses pua, a hāʻawi pū i kahi manawa e ʻike i nā kiʻi o nā pua crocus.
ʻO nā lau ka lahilahi, laina, a hiki i 0.8 cm ākea a hiki i 10 cm lōʻihi. ʻEkolu a ʻehā paha o lākou i ka mea kanu.
E nānā i ke kiʻi o nā pua crocus - ua like pū lākou a pau, bisexual, maʻamau, ʻano ʻūlū a hiki i 8 cm loa. He ʻulaʻula a nā pale, i loko me nā ʻoniʻula a ʻulaʻula, ma ka lalo i māhuahua ʻia lākou i loko o kahi ʻāpana paʻa. ʻO nā stamens a me nā pōpoki he lōʻihi, ʻāhinahina, a ʻulaʻula. ʻO ka hua he obule o kahi ʻulo a hiki i 2,5 cm lōʻihi me nā hua liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi.
ʻIke ʻia ka crocus Etruscan ma Italia wale nō: ma ke kikowaena a me ke kūkulu hema o Tuscany, i nā panalāʻau o Grosseto, Livorno, Pisa a me Siena. ʻO kahi ākea o ka helehelena kūlohelohe paha ma kahi o 120 km2, liʻiliʻi ka nui o nā lehulehu. ʻO ka hapa nui i ʻike ʻia ma nā kuahiwi o Monte Calvi, Monte Leoni, Monte Amyata a me Massa Marittima. Noho ka nui o nā manu i ka nahele ulu me ka nui o ka oak a me ka nati ma kahi kiʻekiʻe a hiki i 600 m ma luna o ke kai.
Ehia mau crocuses e pua
Hoʻoulu ʻo Etruscan crocus i nā hua a me nā mea kanu e nā kaikamahine. Hoʻopau nā Crocuses mai Pepeluali a ʻApelila, pollinated e nā pepeke. Pāʻalo ʻia ka ʻoluna ma lalo. I ka mahina o Mei - ʻo Iune, i ka wā e ulu ai ka hua, hoʻomaka ke kuʻi a hoʻokuʻu i ka maka. Kuhi ka pahu, lele ka huaheʻe i ka lepo a ulu a kokoke i ka lāʻau makuahine.
Kūʻai kīʻai
ʻO Crocus saffron kekahi o nā mea kahiko loa a me nā mea momona loa, e hōʻike ana i ka stigmas maloʻo o nā pana o nā crocus kanu (C. sativus). Aia nō ia ma nā wahi āpau o ke ao nei, akā nui naʻe i ka Mediterranean, ka Middle East a me Central Asia. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu crocus ma Iran, Sepania, Turkey a me Greece. E like me ke kānāwai, ua hoʻohui ʻia ka sax crocus i ka laiki, nā huahana palaoa, nā maiʻa a me nā mea inu wai. Ma kahi o nā ʻono ʻono, hāʻawi ia i nā kīʻaha i kahi kala melemele leʻaleʻa, kahi i loaʻa ma muli o ka ʻike nui o crocetin - kahi puaʻa mai ka hui carotenoid.
ʻO ke ʻano a me ka noi ʻana o ka crocus
Hoʻohana nui ʻia ka Crocus i ka hoʻolālā ʻāina. Hoʻopau kēia mau mea kanu i nā moena pua i ka wā mua, i ka wā i ulu ʻole ai nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe, a i ʻole i ka hopena o ka hopena o ka wā o ka wā, ua pua nā mea he nui.
I ka huina he nui aku ma mua o nā ʻano he 300, ʻo ka hapanui he nui i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka spring crocuses (C.vernus), nā kinikini gula (C. chrysanthus), ka melemele (C. flavus) a me nā pua ʻelua (C. biflorus). Manaʻo maikaʻi ka crrcan Etruscan i ka moʻomeheu. No ka nani a me ka loaʻa ʻole, ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo ia i loaʻa iā Garden Merit Award mai ka Royal Society of Gardeners of Great Britain.
ʻO ka inoa ʻo ke ʻano ʻo Crocus ma Helene he "thread", a me ka huaʻōlelo "saffron" i kahi unuhi ʻōlelo hoʻohālikelike mai ka ʻōlelo Arapi - "ʻulaʻula". I ka wā kahiko, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā saffron no nā mea pono i nā aʻa me nā kāmaʻa. Ua hōʻike ʻia ia i nā aliʻi a me nā poʻe hanohano he hōʻailona no ka mana a me ka waiwai.
I ka wā kahiko, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ka saffron he aphrodisiac; he mea koʻikoʻi ka crocus i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi o ka hanu, ʻalowa a me ka melankoly ʻeleʻele.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia i loko ona a hoʻohui ʻia i ka wai ʻauʻau.
ʻAi kaʻai o nā crocuses i ʻai i nā puaʻa hihiu. ʻO kekahi hana hoʻoweliweli ʻē aʻe i ka mea kanu ke pale nei i kona ʻano kanaka. I kēia lā, ua kū nei ke kūlana o ka hapa nui o nā heluna kanaka, akā e mauʻu paha i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
Ka moʻolelo o ka pua crocus
Inā ʻoe e manaʻo ʻoe i ka mōʻaukala kahiko o ka pua crocus, ʻo ia ka inoa o ke kamaʻāina i aloha i ke mele me ka Nymph Smilaks a hoʻomaka e hahai iā ia i nā kuʻekuʻe, e hīmeni ana i nā mele kaumaha. ʻAʻole i liʻuliʻu ua kaikamahine nei, a noi ʻo ia i nā akua e hoʻohemo iā ia i ke kāne palulu. Ua lilo ʻo Crocus i pua pua, i waenakonu o ka ʻula o ka lapalapa lurked.
