Indigo extracted from Woad - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 99337 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 11.00 CRUCIFERAE Isatis tinctoria | Entry Book Number | 1.2016 | |
| Artefact Name | Indigo extracted from Woad | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Indigo extracted from Woad | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Indigo extracted from WoadUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Hill, David J. | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 29/01/2016 | Donor Notes | |||
| Collector | Hill, Robin | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | ||||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Woad leaves have 0.45% indigo so from 2.5 lb of woad leaves 5 g of indigo was obtained. x0Dx0ATo extract the indigo: boil water, put in fresh leaves, keep boiling constantly, strain off water, cool quickly to room temperature, add alkali ammonia solution, be, at in air until indigo precipitates out, filter, then dry, or allow to preciptitate (David Hill, personal communication). | ||||