Cotinus coggygria

Cotinus coggygria Scop. is a dye plant used traditionally in Turkey, among other places.

'Cotinus coggygria'' var. cinerea''' Engl. is a variety used in China as dye.

Colors
Türkmen (2004) reports this plant yields a dye content of 4.5% of dried total weight, but don't report the color this plant gives.

One of the colorants in this plant is the aurone sulfuretin, which makes a golden yellow dye in alkali and is also mordant.

Parts used
You must use branches with fruits to dye.

Synonyms
Local names are smoketree in english, peruk ağacı in turkish.

In chinese books has been recorded as 黃櫨木 [huang lu mu], 黃蘆 [huang lu] or 蘆木/櫨木 [lu mu] in chinese. These names are also used for Berberis amurensis Rupr..