Chrozophora tinctoria - (L.)A.Juss.
(L.)A.Juss.
Dyer's Croton, Giradol
Description
Chrozophora tinctoria is a PERENNIAL. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs). Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Edible Uses
Edible red and blue dyes are obtained from the flowers, fruit and sap.
Distribution
Southern Europe - the Mediterranean.
Where It Grows
TEMPERATE ASIA: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt (Sinai), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan TROPICAL ASIA: India (Jammu and Kashmir), Pakistan (west) EUROPE: Ukraine (incl. Krym), Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal AFRICA: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen (Arkhabil Suqutrá)
Cultivation
A monoecious plant, not flowering for several years and then flowering and dying. See also. 50
Other Uses
Red and blue dyes are obtained from the flowers, fruit and sap.
