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,
History of saffron the family Iridaceae, native to Greece and Crete. "C. cartwrightianus" is the presumed wild progenitor of the domesticated triploid "Crocus sativus" – the saffron crocus. Saffron is the triploid form of a species found in Eastern Greece, "Crocus cartwrightianus"; it probably appeared first in Crete. An origin in Western or Central Asia, although often suspected, has been disproved by botanical research. Saffron played a significant role in the Greco-Roman pre-classical period bracketed by the 8th century BC and the 3rd century AD. The first known image of saffron in pre-Greek culture is much older and stems from the Bronze Age.