Safflower
Safflower can be a dual purpose crop: the seeds as oil crop and the petals for extracting dyes. The petals can be picked some weeks before the harvesting of the seeds. The crop can be grown after cereals as a second crop.
Indian safflower seed has special demand as bird seed due to its bold size and whitish color also used as a substitute for sunflower seed in birdfeeders. Use of safflower oil as cooking medium is on increase due to low saturated fats.
