Marsdenia tinctoria

Botanical Description

Marsdenia tinctoria is a climbing plant, growing up to 5 metres tall. The plant is harvested from the wild as a source of a blue dye. The plant is also sometimes cultivated as a dye plant in southeast Asia[ 46 Title Dictionary of Economic Plants. Publication Author Uphof. J. C. Th. Publisher Weinheim Year 1959 ISBN - Description An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ], though the advent of synthetic dyes has greatly reduced the incidence of its cultivation. It was formerly especially grown in places where heavy rainfall prevented indigo from being grown successfully[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ].