indigo plant

The indigo plant originally came from the nation of India.

Some indigo plant chambers, trade center and offices were established.

Dyes are obtained from the leaves of henna and indigo plants.

Indigo plants high enough to block the surrounding area gave Mica a feeling of seclusion.

Indigo planting in Bengal dated back to 1777.

Indigo is a dye made from the indigo plant, used to dye cloth.

Indigo plant may treat chronic skin disease (Reuters)

Starting in 1739, she began experimenting with cultivating and improving strains of the indigo plant, for which the growing market in textiles created demand.

Blue is derived from the ubiquitous indigo plant, and green is produced by mixing yellow and blue.

The Galiara are still involved in their traditional occupation of extracting indigo from indigo plants.

The school started from a deserted Indigo Plant House popularly called Nilkuthi.

The sinew wrapping it had first been dyed a rich burnished blue by immersion in liquid rendered from the indigo plant.

The distinctive blue colour of the mansion is the result of mixing lime with natural blue dye made from the Indigo plant.

The hot sun and rain-freshened humidity had been perfect for growing cotton and corn and indigo plants for making dyes.

He also threatened those who had circulated "foul and malicious libel on indigo planting, evoking sedition and breaches of the peace".

The cultivated native plants of North America are tobacco, maize, potato, vanilla, melons, cacao, gourds, indigo plant, and bean.

After the courageous fight by the Sepoy for independence in 1857 in February-March 1859 the farmers refused to sow a single seedling of indigo plant.

This village once did a thriving business exporting agricultural products such as the indigo plant, which was grown in the area and exported to Britain for use as a dye.

Muttering to himself, he climbed down from the carriage and stormed off, kicking clumps of dirt and jerking the charred remains of indigo plants from the ground.

A number of early sources disagree, however, noting that the plant referred to as "nilad" is a different plant altogether, the Indigo plant (Indigoferra tinctoria).

They also attract a characteristic assemblage of insect species that depend on them: the wild indigo borer, for instance, which lays its eggs on the wild indigo plant.

The industrial fabrication of dye from home grown indigo plant (distinct from woad) at Toulouse was a direct heritage from the "Institut d'Egypte"

The indigo dyeing process is centred in the Naju area, where regular flooding of the Yeongsan River provides an ideal wetland environment for the indigo plant.

Mention may also be made of indican, the glucoside of the indigo plant; this is hydrolysed by the indigo ferment, indimulsiri, to indoxyl and indiglucin.

Wrightia tinctoria, Pala indigo plant or dyers's oleander, is a flowering plant species in the genus Wrightia found in India.