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Table 3 Plant species used by Landian Yao in addition to indigo source species during the dyeing process

From: Identity blues: the ethnobotany of the indigo dyeing by Landian Yao (Iu Mien) in Yunnan, Southwest China

Order

Family

Scientific name

Local name

Chinese name

Parts used

Source of plant material

Usage

Specimen number

1

Asteraceae

Ageratum conyzoides (L.) L.*

Masei

Huo Xiang Ji Shu

Whole plant

Naturalized

Fermentation source

16LS03

2

Asteraceae

Artemisia argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot

Mengwei

Ai Hao

Leaf

Wild

Ash source

16LS01

3

Amaranthaceae

Iresine herbstii Hook.*

Gamsei

Xue Xian

Leaf and stem

Cultivated

Symbolic reason

16LS02

4

Acanthaceae

Peristrophe bivalvis (L.) Merr.

Nanlamu

Guan Yin Cao

Leaf and stem

Cultivated

Fermentation source

16LS09

5

Asteraceae

Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray*

Mafangwang

Zhong Bing Ju

Leaf and stem

Naturalized

Fermentation source

16LS04

6

Dioscoreaceae

Dioscorea cirrhosa Lour.

Dongyang

Shu Liang

Tuber

Wild

Tannin source

16LS05

7

Fabaceae

Bauhinia variegata L.

Moonbulouyang

Fen Hua Yang Ti Jia

Stem

Wild

Ash source

16LS06

8

Fabaceae

Spatholobus suberectus Dunn

Zhengzhongmei

Mi Hua Dou

Bark

Wild

Tannin source

16LS10

9

Gramineae

Oryza sativa L.

Bugao

Dao

Stem

Cultivated

Ash source

 

10

Loganiaceae

Buddleja officinalis Maxim.

Wonggongmagia

Mi Meng Hua

Whole plant

Wild also cultivated

Fermentation source

16LS13

11

Piperaceae

Piper bavinum C. DC.

Lao

Hu Jiao Shu

Leaf

Wild

Fermentation source

16LS07

12

Polygonaceae

Persicaria hydropiper (L.) Delarbre

Meliu

Shui Liao

Whole plant

Cultivated

Fermentation source

16LS08

13

Poaceae

Zea mays L.*

Baogu

Yu Shu Ji

Rachis

Cultivated

 

P1601

14

Solanaceae

Capsicum annuum L.*

Longma

La Jiao

Dry fruit

Cultivated

 

P1602

  1. Species in inventory are arranged firstly by family taxa and then by genus taxa. Voucher number with 16LS means voucher specimen number, and the one with P16 means voucher photograph number. All the specimens of documented species were collected and deposited at the herbarium of Kunming Institute of Botany
  2. *introduced species, all of which are from Latin America.