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Dye Yielding Plant Species
Dye Yielding Plant Species
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Botanical Name
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Common Name
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Colour
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1. Bark Dye
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Acacia farnesiana Wild.
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Cassic flower, Gand Babul
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Black
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Acacia leucophloea Willd.
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Safed Kikar
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Red
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Acacia sinuate (Lour) Merril
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Ritha
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Brown
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Albizia odoratissima Benth.
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Kala Siris
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Brown
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Bauhinia variegate Linn.
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Kachnar
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-
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Careya arborea Roxb.
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Kumbhi
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-
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Emblica officinalis Gaertn.
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Amla
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Black, Grey & Brown
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Lannea coromandelica (Houtt.)
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Jingan
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Golden & pale brown
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Mangifera indica Linn.
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Mango, Aam
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Yellow
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Morinda tinctoria Roxb.
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Ach
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Red
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Pinus roxburghii Sarg.
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Long-leaved pine Chir
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Yellow
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Pinus wallichiana A.B. Jackson orange
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Indian pine, Kail
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Yellow to deep
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Punica granatum Linn.
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Anar
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-
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Rhizophora mucronata Lam
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Mangrove
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Chocolate
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Shorea robusta Gaertn. f.
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Sal
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Red and Black
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2. Flowers Dye
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Butea monosperma Lam.
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Taub. Dhak, Palas
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Yellow
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Cassia auriculata Linn.
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Tarwar
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Yellow
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Crocus sativus Linn.
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Saffron, Kesar
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Yellow
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Gossypium herbaceum Linn.
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Cotton, Kapas
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Yellow
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Memecylon umbellatum Burm.
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Iron wood tree
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Yellow
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Nyctanthes arbor-tristis Linn.
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Harsinghar
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Yellow
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3. Fruit Dye
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Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa ex Roxb.
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Bel
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Yellow
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Annona reticulata Linn.
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Ramphal
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Red
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Diospyros peregrine (Gaertn.)
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Gab Gurke
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Brown
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Garcinia pedunculata Roxb.
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-
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-
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Terminalia bellirica Roxb.
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Bahera
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Yellow
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4. Leaf Dye
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Acacia nilotica Willd.
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Kikar
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Black to Dark
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Anogeissus latifolia Wall.
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Bakla
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Black
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Cedrela toona Roxb.
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Tun
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Black
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Garuga pinnata Roxb.
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Chogar
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Red
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Lawsonia inermis Linn.
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Mehendi
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Red
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Sarcochlamys pulcherrima
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Asoka
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Brown
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Tectona grandis Linn.
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Teak, Sagwan
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Yellow
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Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.
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Indian Jujube
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Red-pink
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5 .Root Dye
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Aleurites moluccana Willd.
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Jangli Akhrot
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Brown
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Artocarpus lakoocha Roxb.
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Dahua
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Yellow
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Berberis nepalensis Spreng
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Nepal barberry
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Yellow
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Curcuma longa Linn.
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Haldi
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Yellow
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Morinda citrifolia Linn.
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Indian mulberry
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Red
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6. Seed Dye
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Bixa orellana Linn.
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Annatto
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Orange and Red
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Cassia tora Linn.
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Chakunda
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Blue or Red
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7. Wood Dye
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Acacia catechu Willd.
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Khair
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Red and Brown
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Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.
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Kathal
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Yellow
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Caesalpinia sappan Linn.
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Sappan Wood, Bakam
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Red
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Moringa oleifera Lam
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Soanjna
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Blue
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Pterocarpus santalinus Linn.
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Sandalwood, Lal chandan
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Red
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Source: Nautiyal, S. and Kaul, A.K. Eds. Non-timber forest products of India. Dehradun, Jyoti Publishers. 2003.