%0 Journal Article %T Rubia Tinctorum L. (Rubiaceae) or Madder as One of the Living Color to Dyeing Wool %J International Journal of Advanced Biological and Biomedical Research %I Sami Publishing Company %Z 2383-2762 %A Esalat Nejad, Hamze %A Esalat Nejad, Ahmad %D 2013 %\ 11/01/2013 %V 1 %N 11 %P 1315-1319 %! Rubia Tinctorum L. (Rubiaceae) or Madder as One of the Living Color to Dyeing Wool %K Rubia tinctorum %K Madder %K Dyeing wool %K Red color %R %X The medicinal part of Rubia tinctorum is the dried root. The small yellowishgreen flowers are in loose, leafy, long-peduncled terminal or auxiliary cymes. The margin of the calyx is indistinct, 4- to 5-sectioned and has a tip that is curved inward. There are five stamens and an inferior ovary. The fruit is a black, pea-sized glabrous, smooth drupe containing two seeds. The perennial plant grows to a height of 60 to 100 cm. The pencil thick rhizome creeps widely underground. The stem is quadrangular with backward turning prickles at the edges %U https://www.ijabbr.com/article_7912_ad7b7590bb9965e0b3cd91ac4b774c91.pdf