The Veela seem to have the ability to change between two states. In their normal state, they appear to be women, with skin that shines moon-bright and white-gold hair that fans out behind them without wind. They are incredibly beautiful, though inhumanly so, but when they dance, that apparent inhumanity no longer matters.
In Western countries, the average retail price in 1974 was $1,000 per pound, or US$2,200 per kilogram. In February 2013, a retail bottle containing 0.06 ounces could be purchased for $16.26 or the equivalent of $4,336 per pound or as little as about $2,000/pound in larger quantities.oughly 150 flowers together yield 1 g (0.035 oz) of dry saffron threads; to produce 12 g (0.42 oz) of dried saffron (or 72 g (2.5 oz) moist and freshly harvested), 1 kg (2.2 lb) of flowers are needed; 1 lb (0.45 kg) yields 0.2 oz (5.7 g) of dried saffron.
In India, Tibet, and China, saffron has been used to produce the yellow-red color of robes for Hindu and Buddhist monks. The main dye component, crocin, a flavonoid, has also been found in the less expensive gardenia fruit, which is now being developed as an alternative source for dye purposes in China.n some countries, such as Spain, Iran, and India, people know that saffron is worth its price and make good use of it. To meet the demand, world annual production is about 265 tons per year, which is grown on about 90,000 acres of land (if efficiently cultivated, each acre produces about 6 pounds of saffron a year).