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Published in: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 1/2006

Open Access 01-12-2006 | Research

Household dyeing plants and traditional uses in some areas of Italy

Author: Paolo Maria Guarrera

Published in: Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine | Issue 1/2006

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Abstract

Background

This paper reports the results of investigations carried out from 1977 to today in some areas of Italy (Latium, Marche, Abruzzo and to a limited extent in Sardinia) concerning traditional uses of dyeing plants in the household.

Results

Twenty-nine plants are described, distributed in 23 families, and for each species the vernacular name, the way it is used and the locations of traditional use are given. Other plants used in the past in the above-mentioned regions are recalled.

Conclusion

Among the new findings – not mentioned in previous literature, see references – is Muscari neglectum (purplish). Nowadays atavistic dye uses still persist only in Nule (Sardinia).
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Metadata
Title
Household dyeing plants and traditional uses in some areas of Italy
Author
Paolo Maria Guarrera
Publication date
01-12-2006
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine / Issue 1/2006
Electronic ISSN: 1746-4269
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-2-9

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