Isatis

Japanese: Isatis
Isatis

...It is a perennial Brassicaceae plant native to China, called Jiangnan Daqing, which contains indigo and was used as a dye along with Ai. It was introduced from China during the Edo period and planted in the Koishikawa Botanical Garden, which was a medicinal garden for the shogunate. Nearly 30 species of the Isatis genus have been reported from Asia, Europe, and Africa, but it is a difficult group to classify, and there seems to be a lot of confusion about it. I. tinctoria L. (English name: dyer's-woad) is a biennial plant native to Europe and Southwest Asia, and was used as a dye like Isatis. ...

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Japanese:

…中国原産の多年生のアブラナ科植物で,江南大青(こうなんたいせい)と呼ばれ,インジゴを含み,アイとともに染料に用いられたようである。江戸時代に中国から渡来して,幕府の薬園であった小石川植物園に植えられたという。タイセイ属Isatisはアジア,ヨーロッパ,アフリカから30種近くが報告されているが,分類のむずかしい仲間で,まだかなり混乱があるようである。 ホソバタイセイI.tinctoria L.(英名dyer’s‐woad)はヨーロッパや西南アジア原産の越年草で,タイセイと同様,染料に用いられた。…

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