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Alkanna tinctoria, the dyer's
alkanet or
simply alkanet, is a
herbaceous flowering plant in the
borage family Boraginaceae. Its
roots are used to produce...
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Alkanna is a
genus of
herbaceous plants in the
family Boraginaceae. It
includes 66
species native to
southern and east-central Europe,
western Asia, and...
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pollen and nectar. Well-known
members of the
family include:
alkanet (
Alkanna tinctoria)
borage (Borago officinalis)
comfrey (Symphytum spp.) fiddleneck...
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natural dye that is
obtained from the
extracts of the
plant dyer's
alkanet (
Alkanna tinctoria)
which is
found in the
Mediterranean region. The dye is used...
- Alkanet,
Alkanna tinctoria, the
source of a red dye; this is the
plant most
commonly called simply "alkanet"
Various other plants of the
genus Alkanna, may...
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characteristic deep red
colour traditionally comes from
dried flowers or root of
Alkanna tinctoria (ratan jot) and from
liberal amounts of dried,
deseeded Kashmiri...
- Iran, Egypt,
Eritrea & Ethiopia)
Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum)
Alkanet (
Alkanna tinctoria), for red
color Alligator pepper,
mbongo ****e (mbongochobi)...
- "henna". The
common name of "alkanet" is also used for dyer's
bugloss (
Alkanna tinctoria) and
common bugloss (Anchusa officinalis). The
genus Pentaglottis...
- used in
trough or rock gardens. The
roots of
Anchusa (just like
those of
Alkanna and Lithospermum)
contain anchusin (or alkanet-red), a red-brown resinoid...
- nodosa), a very rare
plant of the
family Umbelliferae,
Galilean alkanet (
Alkanna galilaea) and parsley-piert (Aphanes arvensis). The
woodland vegetation...
