What is another name for the indigo plant?

Answer 1

Indigo dye traditionally comes from the leaves of the indigo plant, which is a bushy legume. It has been used for dyeing for more than 4,000 years. The scientific name for one variety is Indigofera decora.

Anil is a source of indigo.

Answer 2

The indigo dye plant is used to create beautiful blue colors. The chemical responsible for the beautiful blue color is indigotin. Indigo from plants has been replaced by synthetic blue colors in recent times due to the ease of processing.

Answer 3

The indigo Flowering plant is ANIL

For a long period of time, the primary commercial indigo species in Asia was true indigo, scientific name Indigofera tinctoria, also known as Indigofera sumatrana.

But In Central and South America the two species Indigofera suffruticosa, known as Añil, and Indigofera arrecta became very popular sources

(For Telegraph crossword - Anil, found primarily in southeast asia)

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Answer 4

Asian plants, mostly Indigofera tinctoria (aka Indigofera sumatrana) were the original source for the dye, with several thousand square kilometers of the plants grown in India around 1900.

A variant found in the Americas is Indigofera suffruticosa, known as añil in the West Indies. The name for now-synthetic aniline dyes comes from this name.

Answer 5

Indigo dye comes from Indigofera tinctoria a sub-shrub native to the East Indies.

Answer 6

The Indigo plant's name is Indigofera.

Answer 7

Indigotin