Kamala fruit is also known as the monkey-face tree. It is an Ayurvedic plant and is used in traditional medicine. The dye comes from the seeds of the tree.
Kamala dyes a beautiful orange-yellow on silk and wool. It dyes lighter yellow shades on cotton. Deep moss green with ferrous sulfate. For deep greens give a ground with indigo.
 
Protein; mordant; alum 15% WOF.
Cellulose mordant: tannin at 10% WOF and then alum at 15%, or only alum acetate at 10%.
Kamala was used at 20% WOF in the samples.
 
Alcohol extraction; add alcohol 70% for 2 hours stirring occasionally. Add water and heat together for the dye bath.
 
Extracting with soda ash; mix the Kamala powder with 50% of its' weight in soda ash and enough water to make a sludge. Let stand for 40 minutes stirring occasionally. Top up with plenty of water before adding mordanted fabrics.
 
For example; 500 grams of textile will need 100 grams of Kamala powder and 50 grams of soda ash for a medium depth of shade.