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Mvule101

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ID for spice for colouring rice.
« on: August 29, 2018, 12:47:47 AM »
Can anyone help me I'd this bulb used for giving rice a red colour? Thanks.






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Re: ID for spice for colouring rice.
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2018, 10:52:30 AM »
Do you have a picture of the flower that the plant makes?

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Re: ID for spice for colouring rice.
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2018, 07:36:33 AM »
Saffron?

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Re: ID for spice for colouring rice.
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2018, 01:09:59 AM »
The leaves are wrong for saffron. It should be needle shaped.

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Re: ID for spice for colouring rice.
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2018, 01:38:54 AM »
When the flowers come I will post a photo of them. Thank you.