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Chrozophora tinctoria (giradol)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Chrozophora tinctoria (commonly known as dyer's croton, giradol, or turnsole) is a plant species native to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, India, Pakistan, and Central Asia. Chrozophora tinctoria produced the blue-purple colorant "turnsole" used in medieval illuminated manuscripts and as a food colorant.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  Red and blue dyes are obtained from the flowers, fruit and sap;
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parco Del Somma-Vesuvio e Miglio D'Oro National Park II 33648 Italy
Tigrovaia Balka Zapovednik State Nature Reserve Ia 146860 Tajikistan  

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0