Roots of alkanet used as dye - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99188 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 112.01 BORAGINACEAE Alkanna tinctoria | Entry Book Number | 1.2016 | |
| Artefact Name | Roots of alkanet used as dye | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Roots of alkanet used as dye | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Roots of alkanet used as dyeUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hill, David J. | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 20/01/2016 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Hill, David J. | Collector No | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | The red anthraquinone of alkanet is hydrophobic hence totally insoluble in water. It is very difficult to dye with, and used more as a colourring matter for waxes and oils rather than textiles (pers. comm. David Hill) | ||||