Chrozophora

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Chrozophora
Chrozophora tinctoria
Chrozophora tinctoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily: Acalyphoideae
Tribe: Chrozophoreae
Subtribe: Chrozophorinae
Genus: Chrozophora
Neck. ex A.Juss.
Type species
Chrozophora tinctoria
(L.) A.Juss.
Species

Chrozophora rottleri
Chrozophora tinctoria
etc.

Chrozophora is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae and the sole genus comprised in the subtribe Chrozophorinae. It comprises 11 or 12 species, which are monoecious herbs or undershrubs. They are found from Africa and the Mediterranean to Southeast Asia.

C. tinctoria produced the blue-purple colorant "turnsole" used in medieval illuminated manuscripts and as a food colorant

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