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

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 ...

Source: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine - July 3, 2019 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Libin Zhang, Lu Wang, Anthony B. Cunningham, Yuru Shi and Yuhua Wang Tags: Research Source Type: research