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Rubia Tinctorum L. (Rubiaceae) or Madder as One of the Living Color to Dyeing Wool

Journal: International Journal of Advanced Biological and Biomedical Research (Vol.1, No. 11)

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Page : 1315-1319

Keywords : Rubia tinctorum; Madder; Dyeing wool; Red color;

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Abstract

The medicinal part of Rubia tinctorum is the dried root. The small yellowishgreen flowers are in loose, leafy, long-peduncled terminal or auxiliary cymes. The margin of the calyx is indistinct, 4- to 5-sectioned and has a tip that is curved inward. There are five stamens and an inferior ovary. The fruit is a black, pea-sized glabrous, smooth drupe containing two seeds. The perennial plant grows to a height of 60 to 100 cm. The pencil thick rhizome creeps widely underground. The stem is quadrangular with backward turning prickles at the edges

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