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Beba

Upright indigo; Bengal indigo

Indigofera arrecta
Beba

A shrubby legume and one of Africa's main sources of natural blue indigo dye, historically used to dye skin and cloth across West Africa.

Leaves are soaked and fermented to release the dye; this species yields notably more indigo than related indigo plants.

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