Dye plant - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 71866 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | NONE Roccella montagnei | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Dye plant | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Kenya | TDWG Region | Kenya | ||
| Parts Held | Dye plant | Geography Description | Kenya, Tropical East Africa | ||
| Uses | Dye plantUse: MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Tannins/Dyestuffs | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | British Empire Exhib | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1924 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Label source: Lichens; The Phoenicians used lichens in making Tyrian purple and later a royal purple dye was made from lichens only and called orchil, argol or archil. A Florentine merchant brought orchil to Italy in the 14th century and later an Italian, dyer introduced it to England. A form of orchil called cudbear was produced in Scotland and another form called lac or litmus was made by the Dutch. Cudbear is now used as a dye for foodstuffs and litmus is still used as a reagent. Lichens have also been, used as sources of dyes in Ireland and Scandinavia, and still are so used, to a small extent. | ||||