Lonchocarpus cyanescens

Lonchocarpus cyanescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Lonchocarpus
Species:	L. cyanescens
Binomial name
	Lonchocarpus cyanescens; Perkin

Lonchocarpus cyanescens is a species of shrub from family Fabaceae. It is commonly known as elu in Yoruba, anunu by Igbo people as talaki in Hausa, sauru in Tiv and as ebelu by the Edo people

It is a traditional source of indigo in West Africa to dye fabric.^[1]

References[]

^ Gillow, John (2010). Textiles of the Islamic World. Thames & Hudson.

External links[]

Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Philenoptera cyanescens". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

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[1] Gillow, John (2010). Textiles of the Islamic World. Thames & Hudson.

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