English Name: Indian Madder Botanical Name: Rubia cordifolia Colouring Component: Alizarin Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) certified Description: Rubia cordifolia, often known as common madder or Indian madder. Madder's colouring component, Alizarin has been prized as an art and dye colour, and Madder roots have a long history of use as a dye for materials such as for leather, wool, cotton and silk stretching over many thousands of years. Archaeologists have found traces of madder in linen in Tutankhamen’s tomb (1350 BC), and in wool discovered in Norse burial grounds. Our madder root is grown in the hilly districts of India. Colour Imparted: It gives a beautiful orange to red colour on cellulose and wool fibres. Dyeing process : Mordant the cellulose and wool fibres with Alum 10% Weight of Fabric (WOF) for 30 mins at 80C. Wash the fibre after mordanting. For a medium shade use madder root at 2% Weight of Fabric (WOF)and dye the fibre for 1 hour at 100C. Then wash with non-ionic soap. Guide: 50 grams of Madder Root extract is enough for 2.5kg Weight of Fabric at a medium shade
