Natural dye plants in Kepsut (Balıkesir, Turkey)

Year 2015, Volume: 74 Issue: 2, 25 - 32, 19.03.2017

Ebru Özdemir Nath

Abstract

Natural dyes have traditionally been used in Anatolia for several years. An ethnobotanical study was
conducted between 2012 and 2015 in order to determine wild plants used in Kepsut, which is a district of
Balıkesir province in the Marmara region of Turkey. The purpose of this research was to get acquainted
to know plants used as dyes in Kepsut, Balıkesir. The regional name of the plants, the parts used for dye
production, and obtained colors have been reported. According to the results of the identification, 21
plant species belongs to 14 families were used as dye source in Kepsut. Used parts of species were aerial
part, cortex, flower, fruit, gall, leaf, and root. Also 5 mixture receipts for dyeing were reported in Kepsut. 

Keywords

Ethnobotany, natural dye, Kepsut, Balıkesir

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