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Tricoilendus Raf. (1837) Vaughania S.Moore (1920) Indigofera is a large genus of over 750 species [3] of flowering plants belonging to the pea family Fabaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
Indigo, (genus Indigofera), large genus of more than 750 species of shrubs, trees, and herbs in the pea family (Fabaceae). Some species, particularly true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria) and Natal indigo (I. arrecta), were once an important source of indigo dye.
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Indigo plants are natural sources of blue dye used in art and textiles across civilizations. Indigo’s use as a pigment for painting has been documented in ancient Egypt as well as the Greek and Roman empires.
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.
Features | History. Indigo: The story of India’s ‘blue gold’. For generations, family-run farms in South India have grown and produced the natural dye that was once colonial capital. A labourer...
For 50 years, starting in the late 1740s, indigo was a major South Carolina cash crop, second only to rice. At one time, the extracted pigment, dried and shaped into circular cakes, was so...
Most people think true indigo originated in parts of South Asia or Africa. However, it’s hard to say for sure since humans have cultivated this plant for thousands of years. True indigo has naturalized on those two continents and in South America, but it was most likely brought there when humans traveled across the Pacific Ocean.
