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indian botanicals

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• Manjistha (Indian Madder) in Soap: Colour, Tradition and Evidence

  Manjistha is Rubia cordifolia, the Indian madder root that dyes a soap rose to red-brown. Where it comes from, what it does in a bar, and what is only tradition.

  4 October 2026·3 min read·ingredients, manjistha

• Tangedu (Tanner's Cassia): The Flower Behind a Telangana Soap

  Tangedu is Senna auriculata, the state flower of Telangana and a fixture of Bathukamma. What the plant is, where its name comes from, and what we can honestly claim.

  4 October 2026·3 min read·ingredients, tangedu