Reinwardtia indica Dumort. is a plant in the Linaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Reinwardtia indica Dumort. (Reinwardtia indica Dumort.)
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Reinwardtia indica Dumort.

Reinwardtia indica Dumort.

Reinwardtia indica is the only species in genus Reinwardtia, found in the Himalayas, whose flowers make yellow dye.

Family
Genus
Reinwardtia
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Reinwardtia indica Dumort.

Reinwardtia indica Dumort., commonly called yellow flax or pyoli, is a species in the flowering plant family Linaceae. It is the only species classified in the monotypic genus Reinwardtia. This species is native to the Himalayan region, occurring in China and northern India. A yellow dye produced from its flowers is used to dye clothing and to make paints.

Photo: (c) Paola Ferruzzi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paola Ferruzzi · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Linaceae Reinwardtia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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