Rubiacea

Japanese: Rubiacea
Rubiacea

…Nowadays, Western madder is used for craft dyeing, and Japanese madder is no longer used. [Kiyoshi Arai]
[Rubiaceae]
In addition to representative species such as coffee, cinchona (the source of quinine), gardenia, and cleaver, there are also myrmecophytes and mangrove plants. This is a large group consisting of about 500 genera and 6,000 species, and is mostly found in the tropics, but also in temperate zones and occasionally in cold zones.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Rubiacea" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…現在では工芸染色に西洋茜が用いられ,日本茜はかえりみられない。【新井 清】
【アカネ科Rubiacea】
 コーヒー,キナ(キニーネの原料),クチナシ,ヤエムグラなどの代表種のほかに,アリ植物やマングローブ植物もある。約500属6000種からなる大きな群で,熱帯に多いが,温帯,まれに寒帯にも分布する。…

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