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Old fustic and dyer's mulberry
Maclura tinctoria
About
Maclura tinctoria, known as old fustic and dyer's mulberry, is a medium to large tree of the Neotropics, from Mexico to Argentina. It produces a yellow dye called fustic primarily known for coloring khaki fabric for U.S. military apparel during World War I. This dye contains the flavonoid morin. It is dioecious, so both male and female plants are needed to set seed.
- Family
- Moraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Maclura tinctoria
- Slug
- maclura-tinctoria
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Maclura
- Species
- tinctoria
- Wikidata QID
- Q168042
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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