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  2. Indigofera tinctoria - Wikipedia

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    Today most dye is synthetic, but natural dye from I. tinctoria is still available, marketed as natural colouring where it is known as tarum in Indonesia and nila in Malaysia. In Iran and areas of the former Soviet Union it is known as basma.

  3. Strobilanthes kunthiana - Wikipedia

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    Strobilanthes kunthiana, known as Kurinji or Neelakurinji in Tamil language and Malayalam and Gurige in Kannada, is a shrub of the bear's breeches family (Acanthaceae) that is found in the shola forests of the Western Ghats in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

  4. Nala (Ramayana) - Wikipedia

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    Nila (brother) In the Hindu epic Ramayana , Nala (Sanskrit: नल, IAST : nala, lit. lotus ), is the vanara (monkey), who is credited as the engineer of the Rama Setu , a bridge across the ocean between Rameswaram ( Tamil nadu ) and Lanka , identified with modern-day Sri Lanka , so forces of the god Rama can pass over to Lanka.

  5. Indigo dye - Wikipedia

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    Indigo dye is an organic compound with a distinctive blue color. Indigo is a natural dye extracted from the leaves of some plants of the Indigofera genus, in particular Indigofera tinctoria . Dye-bearing Indigofera plants were commonly grown and used throughout the world, particularly in Asia, with the production of indigo dyestuff economically ...

  6. List of plants used in Indian cuisine - Wikipedia

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    നിലക്കടല ( Nila Kadala) ... English Botanical name Assamese Bengali Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Oriya Punjabi Sinhala Tamil Telugu

  7. Indigofera - Wikipedia

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    Indigofera is a varied genus that has shown unique characteristics making it an interesting candidate as a potential perennial crop. [clarification needed] Specifically, there is diverse variation among species with a number of unique characteristics.

  8. Scyphiphora - Wikipedia

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    Scyphiphora is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.It is the only genus in the tribe Scyphiphoreae.The genus contains only one species, viz. Scyphiphora hydrophylacea, which has a large distribution range from India, to tropical Asia and the western Pacific. [1]

  9. Blue - Wikipedia

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    The colour of the sea is also affected by the colour of the sky, reflected by particles in the water; and by algae and plant life in the water, which can make it look green; or by sediment, which can make it look brown. [35] The farther away an object is, the more blue it often appears to the eye.