山礬

Chinese

mountain; hill alum
trad. (山礬) 山 礬
simp. (山矾) 山 矾

Etymology

From its mountainous habitat, and its use as direct dye, without needing a mordant such as alum.[1]

According to the Song Dynasty poem 山礬花二首 by Huang Tingjian:

野人採鄭花以染黃，不借礬而成色，故名山礬。」 [MSC, trad.]
野人采郑花以染黄，不借矾而成色，故名山矾。」 [MSC, simp.]
Yěrén cǎi zhènghuā yǐ rǎn huáng, bù jiè fán ér chéng sè, gù míng shānfán.” [Pinyin]
The wild people picked 'zhèng flowers' to dye items yellow, without using alum to make the dye, so it was named 'mountain alum'.

Pronunciation

Noun

山礬

  1. Symplocos sumuntia

References

  1. ^ 张, 叔勇 (2021) “科学网—山矾独自倚春风”, in news.sciencenet.cn‎[1], 《中国科学报》
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