Dayflower

Japanese: dayflower
Dayflower

...Blue paper dyed with the juice of flowers containing the blue pigment commelinin is used as a paint for the underpainting of Yuzen and tie-dyeing. Commelina (English name: dayflower) is a large genus containing about 200 species, many of which have differentiated into species in tropical and subtropical regions. There are four species in Japan.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…青色色素のコンメリニンを含む花の汁で染めた青紙は,友禅,絞染の下絵の絵具に用いられる。 ツユクサ属Commelina(英名dayflower)は約200種を含む大きな属で,熱帯・亜熱帯域にたくさんの種が分化している。日本には4種がある。…

※「dayflower」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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