SCREENING OF DYE YIELDING PLANTS OF TIRUVANNAMALAI DISTRICT., TAMIL NADU, INDIA.

ABSTRACT: The present study aims to know the dye-yielding plants in and around the Tiruvannamalai district. A total sixty-three plant species were screened out and their dye-yielding behaviour from leaf, flower, fruit, seed, stem, bark, rhizome, and root. Among these plants, a few plants yielded more than one colour in combination were black and blue; black and brown; black and yellow; blue and red; brown and green; brown and yellow; green and red; brown, red, and yellow. All this data was represented in a table and a graph. KEYWORDS: Aromatic Plants, Colorogram, Dye, Medicinal plants, Natural dye, Toxic, nontoxic, Tiruvannamalai.