Philenoptera cyanescens

Botanical Description

Philenoptera cyanescens is a deciduous, scandent shrub growing up to 4 metres tall, or a climbing plant with stems up to 20 metres long[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is sometimes cultivated, partly semi-cultivated as privately owned, protected and tendered single plants for its leaves and fruit, which are used to make the dye indigo[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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. ]. Prior to the invention of synthetic dyes, there was a thriving export trade of the dyestuff to Europe. Traditional cloth, dyed with this plant, is still exported to America, Europe and various African countries[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].