Everything about Alkanet totally explained
The name
alkanet generally refers to
Alkanna tinctoria or
Dyer's Bugloss (though it may be used for
Anchusa officinalis or
Common Bugloss).
It is a member of the Borage family
Boraginaceae.
Alkanna tinctoria is also known as orchanet, dyer's
bugloss, Spanish bugloss or bugloss of Languedoc. Its name comes from the Spanish word
alcana, from Arabic
al-hena, after
henna, (
Lawsonia inermis).
Alkanet is grown in the south of
France and on the shores of the
Levant. It has a dark red root of blackish appearance externally but inside showing a blue-red meat, surrounding a whitish core. Its root yields a fine red colouring matter which has been used as a cloth
dye and to tint
tinctures,
oils,
wines,
varnishes, etc. It was often used to improve the appearance of poor grades of
port and similar wines, and to give the appearance of age to port wine corks. It is commonly used today as a
food colouring E103 (
chrysoine resorcinol).
It was listed in the 1918 U.S. Dispensatory.
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