- PPlants have been grown for natural dyes to produce a wide range of colors.. N Natural
dyes become increasingly important these days as synthetic dyes cause serious damage to
the environment and have to be replaced. The published records show that Turkey has about
10,000 taxa of higher plants, 145 of which come from 92 genera and 51 families and can be
used as dyeing sources of 17 colors. The most common families used for dyeing are
Asteraceae, Rosaceae, Lamiaceae, Polygonaceae and Euphorbiaceae, and the dominating
genera are Rumex, Anthemis, Euphorbia, and Salvia. Dye plants are of great medicinal value
as well and can be used for producing antihelmintic, antiseptic, appetizer, carminative,
diuretic, exudative, laxative, sedative and stomachic preparations.
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