An evergreen perennial ; up to 1 . 5 m tall . Leaves in whorls of 4–7 starlike around the central stem . Flowers small (3–5 mm across) , in dense racemes with five pale yellow petals . Fruit small (4–6 mm diameter) , red to black berries (Ref . https://en . wikipedia . org/wiki/Rubia_tinctorum) .
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Galium rubia E.H.L.Krause
Rubia peregrina subsp. tinctorum (L.) Bonnier & Layens
Rubia tinctoria Salisb.
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Madder
Dyer's madder
The dried root of the madder plant (Rubia tinctorum), known locally as fuwah, is the source of the rich red colour that is so characteristic of Omani Bedouin weaving. Leather is often dyed, especially when used in conjunction with coiled basketry or for the making of personal articles such as money bags, belts and woman's headdress, the shabkah. A golden hue is obtained from the crushed root of nabat al-'arta (Calligonum comosum). The leaves, twigs or pods of many indigenous trees and shrubs, including henna and the inner bark of the frankincense tree, will give a reddish colour, but the deepest and most permanent red dye is obtained from powdered madder root (fuwah), which is commonly used as a wool colourant in tribal weaving. (Ref. the craft heritage of Oman).
*Ghazanfar, S. (2015). Flora of the Sultanate of Oman, vol.3: Loganiaceae – Asteraceae. Meise, National Botanic Garden of Belgium (Scripta Botanica Begica, Vol. 25). ISBN 9789082352511 ISSN 0779-2387. *https://en.wikipedia.org *https://antropocene.it *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
