Botanical Provenance of Historical Chinese Dye Plants

Economic Botany

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 230-239

  Han, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient China; botanical provenance; dye recipes; dyeing properties; ethnobotany; Ming and Qing dynasties; textile dye plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944353897     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-015-9314-y     Document Type: Article

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