Island blues: indigenous knowledge of indigo-yielding plant species used by Hainan Miao and Li dyers on Hainan Island, China

Island blues: indigenous knowledge of indigo-yielding plant species used by Hainan Miao and Li dyers on Hainan Island, China

Abstract Background Historically, indigo-yielding plant species were important cash crops from Central Asia to the southern United States and Central America. Indigo-dyed textiles were widely traded along the legendary Silk Road that linked China to Europe. Today, due to the labor-intensive nature o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Libin Zhang, Lu Wang, Anthony B. Cunningham, Yuru Shi, Yuhua Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Subjects:
Indigo-yielding plant species
Indigo extraction methods
Ethnobotanical survey
Hainan Miao nationality
Li nationality
Hainan Island
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13002-019-0314-3

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