Pure Yellow Fustic extract
BOTANICAL FAMILY : Moraceae
BOTANICAL NAME : Morus Tinctoria or Maclura Tinctoria
COMMON NAMES : Yellow Fustic, Old Fustic, Dyer’s Mulberry.
This tree originates in Central America. It is common from Mexico to Argentina.
Yellow Fustic is a big tree with a cylindrical trunk and grey-yellowish bark. The branches are thorny, the leaves fall during the dry season and the small flowers are beige.
OUR PRODUCT : 100 % pure Yellow Fustic extract. The powder colour ranges from deep yellow to brown and has no characteristic smell. The extract is soluble in water and ethanol. With its rich content of Morin and Maclurin, it gives a wide variety of colours, following the ions used.
Molecular structure of Morine
Molecular structure of Maclurine
APPLICATIONS :
This dye has been used for centuries, thanks to the great number of shades it gives with various mordants. According to Wikipedia, the main applications of Yellow Fustic, are :
- With bichromate of potash: old gold
- With Logwood and bichromate of potash: greenish yellows
- With Copper sulfate : olive greens
- With ferrous sulfate : dark greens
Kg price : 201,90 € Excl. Tax
