Indigofera tinctoria, also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye. True indigo...
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synthesized from Indigofera suffruticosa (syn. Indigofera anil, whence the name aniline). In Indonesia, the Sundanese use Indigofera tinctoria (known locally...
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replaced by the more colourfast Indigofera tinctoria and, in the early 20th century, both woad and Indigofera tinctoria were replaced by synthetic blue...
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blue dye in East Asia until the arrival of Indigofera from the south. Indigofera tinctoria Persicaria tinctoria. The Plant List. Japanese Indigo Polygonum...
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from the leaves of some plants of the Indigofera genus, in particular Indigofera tinctoria. Dye-bearing Indigofera plants were commonly grown and used throughout...
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often from the genus Indigofera. In South Asia, indigo dye was extracted from the dried and fermented leaves of Indigofera tinctoria; this is the plant...
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(Polygonum tinctoria), Natal indigo (Indigofera arrecta), Guatemalan indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa), Chinese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria), and woad...
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I. tinctoria may refer to: Impatiens tinctoria, the dyers busy lizzie, a species of flowering plant in the balsam family Balsaminaceae Indigofera tinctoria...
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the genus Indigofera, which are native to the tropics. The primary commercial indigo species in Asia was true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria). India is...
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with a distinctive blue color Indigofera, a genus of flowering plants used to produce indigo dye Indigofera tinctoria, the species most often used in...
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