Oldenlandia umbellata

Botanical Description

Chay root is a small, annual plant. The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a medicine and dye. It used to be an important source of a red dye before the large-scale production of synthetic dyes started at the end of the 19th Century[ 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. ]. It was commonly gathered from the wild and was also at one time often cultivated as a dye plant[ 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. , 688 Title Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 68 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University. Year 1987 ISBN 0004-2625 Description Various articles on plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].