Indigenous knowledge of dye-yielding plants among Bai communities in Dali, Northwest Yunnan, China

• Main Authors: Yanxiao Fan (Author), Yanqiang Zhao (Author), Aizhong Liu (Author), Alan Hamilton (Author), Chuanfa Wang (Author), Liangqun Li (Author), Yekun Yang (Author), Lixin Yang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Bai people in the Dali Prefecture of Northwest Yunnan, China, have a long history of using plant extracts to dye their traditional costumes and maintain this culture for posterity. However, the development of modern technology, while vastly improving the dyeing efficiency, is als...