Table 3 Indigo-yielding plant species used by Hainan Miao and Li dyers on Hainan Island, China (species are listed alphabetically)
Family | Scientific name | Chinese character | Local name | Habitat | QI1 | QI2 | AI1 | AI2 | PR | Voucher number | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | L | M | L | M | L | M | L | M | L | M | L | |||||
Acanthaceae | Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) Kuntze | 板蓝 | gam dun; gam luo | be fa ban;be fa ao | Semi-wild and cultivated | 1 | 0.21 | 0.97 | 0.04 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.17 | 0.75 | 4.88 | 3.10 | ZLB03 ZLB05-09 ZLB11 ZLB47 |
Apocynaceae | Wrightia laevis Hook.f. | 蓝树 | dian gam | / | Cultivated | 1 | / | 0.25 | / | 1.48 | / | 1.01 | / | 2.95 | / | ZLB17-20 ZLB60 |
Leguminosae | Indigofera suffruticosa Mill | 野青树 | gam za, gang ging | be fa | Cultivated | 0.94 | 0.9 | 0.19 | 0.19 | 1.45 | 1.71 | 0.66 | 1.05 | 4.09 | 4.88 | ZLB12 ZLB14-16 ZLB41 |
Leguminosae | Indigofera tinctoria L. | 木蓝 | gam za, gam ging | be fa | Cultivated | 0.83 | 1 | 0.08 | 0.63 | 1.43 | 1.78 | 0.58 | 1.47 | 3.86 | 4.42 | ZLB13 ZLB043 ZLB50 ZLB65 |
Polygonaceae | Persicaria tinctoria (Aiton) H. Gross | 蓼蓝 | da gam, gam liao | / | Cultivated | 0.22 | / | 0 | / | 1.47 | / | 0 | / | 3.13 | / | Null(Do not use anymore) |