List of dye plants
The list of dye plants includes plants that contain ingredients that are used to dye textiles, food, cosmetics, paper, etc.
The list of dyes contains an overview of natural and other dyes sorted by color .
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Well-known dye plants are:
Plant name, synonyms | Scientific name | Color direction | comment | image |
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Dyer's Sleeve , False Indigo | Baptisia tinctoria | blue | ||
Dyer's knotweed | Polygonum tinctorum | blue | ||
Woad | Isatis tinctoria | blue | ||
Indigolupine , False Indigo, Blue Dye Pod | Baptisia australis | blue | ||
Indigo plant | Indigofera tinctoria | blue | ||
Japanese indigo | Persicaria tinctoria | blue | ||
Common Oregon grape | Mahonia aquifolium | blue | ||
Shame flower | Clitoria ternatea | blue | ||
Ordinary devil bite | Succisa pratensis | blue | ||
Bloodwood tree, logwood | Haematoxylum campechianum | violet | ||
Purple cabbage | Lithospermum erythrorhizon | violet | ||
Make-up root , alkanna | Alkanna tinctoria | violet | ||
Cinnamon raspberry | Rubus odoratus | violet | ||
American yellow wood , fustic wood | Cladrastis kentukea | yellow | ||
Upright velvet flower , marigolds | Tagetes erecta | yellow | ||
Birch trees | Betula spec. | yellow | ||
gardenia | Gardenia jasminoides | yellow | ||
Real bearberry | Arctostaphylos uva-ursi | yellow | ||
Real concrete | Betonica officinalis | yellow | ||
Real goldenrod | Solidago virgaurea | yellow | ||
Real meadowsweet | Filipendula ulmaria | yellow | ||
saffron | Crocus sativus | yellow | ||
Safflower , safflower | Carthamus tinctorius | yellow | ||
Dyer's oak | Quercus velutina | yellow | ||
Dyer's gorse | Genista tinctoria | yellow | ||
Dyer's chamomile , dyer's chamomile | Anthemis tinctoria | yellow | ||
Dyer's mulberry tree , yellow wood, fustic wood | Maclura tinctoria | yellow | ||
Färber's notch | Serratula tinctoria | yellow | ||
Dyer's sumac , wig bush, fisette wood, fustic wood | Cotinus coggygria | yellow | ||
Dyer woof | Reseda luteola | yellow | ||
Lady's mantle | Alchemilla vulgaris | yellow | ||
Yellow yarrow | Achillea filipendulina | yellow | ||
Yellow-green lady's mantle | Alchemilla xanthochlora | yellow | ||
Turmeric | Xanthorhiza simplicissima | yellow | ||
Common yarrow | Achillea millefolium | yellow | ||
Common loosestrife | Lysimachia vulgaris | yellow | ||
Large-flowered St. John's wort | Hypericum patulum | yellow | ||
Johannis herbs | Hypericum perforatum | yellow | ||
Canadian goldenrod | Solidago canadensis | yellow | ||
Kamala tree | Mallotus philippensis | yellow | ||
turmeric | Curcuma longa | yellow | ||
Malabar lacquer tree | Butea monosperma | yellow | ||
Meadowsweet | Filipendula | yellow | ||
Common ormennig | Agrimonia eupatoria | yellow | ||
Purgier buckthorn | Rhamnus cathartica | yellow | ||
Tansy | Tanacetum vulgare | yellow | ||
Marigold | Calendula officinalis | yellow | ||
Ruprecht's herb | Geranium robertianum | yellow | ||
Celandine | Chelidonium majus | yellow | ||
Black elder | Sambucus nigra | violet | ||
Meadow knapweed | Centaurea jacea | yellow | ||
Meadow chervil | Anthriscus sylvestris | yellow | ||
Annatto shrub , Orleanstrauch | Bixa orellana | orange | Seeds | |
Färber-Meier | Asperula tinctoria | orange | root | |
Henna | Lawsonia inermis | orange | ||
Kitchen onion | Allium cepa | orange | ||
Girl eyes | Coreopsis lanceolata | orange | ||
Red sandalwood | Pterocarpus santalinus | orange | ||
Sulfur cosm | Cosmos sulphureus | orange | ||
Marsh marigold | Caltha palustris | orange | ||
Lady's mantle | Alchemilla vulgaris | green | ||
Common privet | Ligustrum vulgare | green | ||
Big nettle | Urtica dioica | green | ||
Cornflower | Centaurea cyanus | green | ||
Quebracho wood | Schinopsis lorentzii | green | ||
Black elder | Sambucus nigra | green | ||
Bloodberry | Rivina humilis | red | ||
Dragon blood | Dracaena cinnabari | red | resin | |
Real bedstraw | Galium verum | red | ||
Safflower , safflower, bastard saffron | Carthamus tinctorius | red | ||
Färber-Meier | Asperula tinctoria | red | ||
Madder | Rubia tinctorum | red | see also reddening | |
Velcro madder | Rubia peregrina | red | ||
Indian madder or Tibetan madder | Rubia cordifolia | red | ||
Geraniums | Pelargonium spec. | red | ||
Common loosestrife | Lythrum salicaria | red | ||
Rubber gutta | Garcinia | red | resin | |
Blueberry | Vaccinium myrtillus | red | ||
Indian spinach , malabar spinach | Basella alba | red | ||
Japanese loquat | Eriobotrya japonica | red | ||
American pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | red | see also Vegetable Kermes | |
Indian pokeweed | Phytolacca acinosa | red | see also Vegetable Kermes | |
Dioecious pokeweed | Phytolacca dioica | red | see also Vegetable Kermes | |
Bed herbs | Galium spp. | red | ||
Beautiful eye, girl eye | Coreopsis tinctoria | red | ||
Wild mallow | Malva sylvestris | red | ||
Nepal cinquefoil | Potentilla nepalensis | red | ||
Redwood | Caesalpina spp. | red | ||
Redwood | Erythroxylum spp. | red | ||
Redwood | Haematoxylum brasiletto | red | ||
Redwood | Baphia nitida | red | ||
Black elder | Sambucus nigra | red | ||
Hollyhocks , black mallow | Alcea rosea var. Nigra | red | ||
Meadow rennet | Galium mollugo | red | ||
Real dost , wild marjoram | Origanum vulgare | brown | ||
Real walnut | Juglans regia | brown | ||
Vinegar tree , sumac wood | Rhus typhina | brown | ||
Buckthorn | Frangula alnus | brown | ||
Lady's mantle | Alchemilla vulgaris | brown | ||
Gerber acacia , Katechu, Cutch | Senegalia catechu | brown | ||
ginkgo | Ginkgo biloba | brown | ||
Little ormennig | Agrimonia eupatoria | brown | ||
Common peony | Paeonia officinalis | brown | ||
Celandine | Chelidonium majus | brown | ||
Dwarf elder , Attich | Sambucus ebulus | brown | ||
Sweet chestnut | Castanea sativa | black | ||
Oak trees | Quercus spp. | black | ||
Ordinary water deast , water hemp | Eupatorium cannabinum | black | ||
pomegranate | Punica granatum | black | ||
Jenipapo | Genipa americana | black |
See also
- List of useful plants
- List of culinary herbs and aromatic plants
- List of medicinal plants
- List of plants with psychotropic agents
- Variety lists of cultivated plants
literature
- Lutz Roth, Kurt Kormann, Helmut Schweppe: Dye plants, plant colors. ecomed, Landsberg / Lech 1992, ISBN 978-3-609-65490-4 .
- Helmut Schweppe: Handbook of natural dyes. ecomed, 1993, ISBN 978-3-609-65130-9 .
- Eberhard Prinz: dye plants; Instructions for staining use in culture and medicine. 2nd revised and corrected edition, Verlag Schweizerbart Stuttgart (2014), ISBN 978-3-510-65291-4 .
- Renate Kaiser-Alexnat: Coloring agents from nature. An overview with a review and perspectives. epubli, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8442-2095-7 , online (short preview) . (PDF; 1 MB), from dyeplants.de, accessed on January 7, 2017.
- David Maarsen: Dye Plants of Switzerland. Bachelor thesis , ZHAW, 2009, online (PDF; 1.19 MB), on prospecierara.ch, accessed on January 7, 2017.
Web links
Commons : Dye plant - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Lexicon Renewable Resources by Michael Pankratius
- Small encyclopedia of dye plants by Thomas Seilnacht
- Useful plants database (University of Marburg): dye plants
Individual evidence
- ^ Institute for Dye Plants: Dye Plants and Natural Dyes , accessed on March 19, 2010
- ↑ Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V. (FNR): Dye Plants (PDF; 1.0 MB), Gülzow (2004), accessed on March 19, 2010