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Indigo is a natural dye extracted from the leaves of some plants of the Indigofera genus, in particular Indigofera tinctoria. Dye-bearing Indigofera plants were commonly grown and used throughout the world, particularly in Asia, with the production of indigo dyestuff economically important due to the historical rarity of other blue dyestuffs. [1]
Indigofera tinctoria [2], also called true indigo, is a species of plant from the bean family that was one of the original sources of indigo dye. Description.
Wrightia tinctoria, Pala indigo plant or dyer's oleander, [1] is a flowering plant species in the genus Wrightia found in India, southeast Asia and Australia. It is found in dry and moist regions in its distribution.
Herbal Treatments: Herbal distillates are also employed in traditional and holistic medicine for their therapeutic benefits. Due to their lower concentration compared to essential oils, they are often used for:
Indigofera galegoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to India, South East Asia, Malesia, and southern China. [1] It is a shrub usually 2 m (6 ft) high and indigo dye may be extracted from it by the same harvesting and processing methods as Indigofera tinctoria . [ 2 ]
I. tinctoria may refer to: Impatiens tinctoria, the dyers busy lizzie, a species of flowering plant in the balsam family Balsaminaceae; Indigofera tinctoria, the true indigo, a plant species; Isatis tinctoria, woad, a flowering plant species
Indigofera amblyantha, a kind of indigo plant, in the family Fabaceae; Indigofera decora, a kind of indigo plant, also known as summer wisteria; Persicaria tinctoria, a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family; Indigo naturalis
The chemical aniline, from which many important dyes are derived, was first synthesized from Indigofera suffruticosa (syn. Indigofera anil, whence the name aniline). In Indonesia, the Sundanese use Indigofera tinctoria (known locally as tarum or nila) as dye for batik. Marco Polo was the first to report on the preparation of indigo in India.