In this communication Aal is referred as *Morinda citrifolia*. I feel experts should check the veracity of this. AL is referred as *Morinda coreia* syn. *Morinda tinctoria *in the book FIELD GUIDE to the common trees of India by P. V. Bole and Yogini Vaghani. The species name tinctoria suggests that dye is obtained from this tree. Kotpad Textiles use this dye. The site related to Kotpad Textiles (https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-colours-and-motifs-of-kotpad-textiles-dastkari-haat-samiti/dQUh981u4j6aIg?hl=en) also mentions erroneously aal as *Morinda citrifolia*.
*[image: Kotpad Textiles.jpg]* I have not come across any mention of *Morinda citrifolia *yielding a dye. Awaiting more comments from experts on this subject. On Sunday, July 7, 2013 at 11:16:35 PM UTC+5:30 JANAKI TURAGA wrote: > Hi all, > sometime ago I had written to the group asking for any information > regarding Aal-Morinda citriolia. > here is the link to my recent article in Hindu on Kotpad textiles > which use Aal roots for the red dye. > > http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/border-crossing/article4890243.ece > comments and feedback welcome. > Kind Regards > Janaki Turaga > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "eFloraofIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/eb8b153d-3191-4360-bf4e-050b82d68dbcn%40googlegroups.com.
