Rowhani Saffron Co. Rowhani Saffron Co. Rowhani Saffron Co., (Persian زعفران روحانی ) a company of wholesale and export Iranian saffron based in Mashhad Iran. The main activities of this company are conventional and organic saffron cultivation, packaging Saffron and export saffron to other countries. 90 - 93% of Saffron in world produced in Iran Khorasan provinces. Mashhad, capital of Khorasan province, the center of activity is the export of saffron and most saffron companies are in Mashhad. Saffron with scientific name Crocus sativus are an expensive spice and on several occasions it used to be In cooking, perfumes, industrial, health and medicine,
Trade and use of saffron Trade and use of saffron Saffron is a key seasoning, fragrance, dye, and medicine in use for over three millennia. One of the world's most expensive spices by weight, saffron consists of stigmas plucked from the vegetatively propagated and sterile "Crocus sativus", known popularly as the saffron crocus. The resulting dried "threads" are distinguished by their bitter taste, hay-like fragrance, and slight metallic notes. The saffron crocus is unknown in the wild; its most likely precursor, "Crocus cartwrightianus", originated in Crete or Central Asia; The saffron crocus is native to Southwest Asia and was first cultivated in what is now