Schinus molle, peruvian pepper tree - has anyone used it for dyeing wool?

I just found out that the leaves of the schinus mollepepper tree can be used for dyeing, but I can't find out much about it.  

Has anyone tried it?

Or have any information on how it is done?


I have a young pepper tree that is flowering for the first time this year, but it's getting a bit tall for the space available so I may have to prune it a bit. I also have a small amount of raw leece I could experiment with, but I have no idea on quantities or times or anything.

I'm also interested, let here know if you find anything please

It sounded familiar and the plant is native to where I live, so I did a search to see what's out there in Portuguese (searching Aroeira salso or salsa, both are commonly used...): looks like the bark makes a nice dark dye.
There are some videos out there you might find interesting, like

there is a youtube channel, Pano de Terra that seems pretty knowledgeable about it but I didn't watch all her videos.
A forest guide written by an agency I work for says the fruits have a yellow dye. (Matéria tintorial: dos frutos da aroeira-salsa extrai-se um corante amarelo para tingimento; a casca apresenta pigmentos conhecidos por oxidase e schinoxidase)

Hello - any yellow dye references I've found are for the Peppertree Schinus Molle - it has feathery leaves. I'm thinking yours may be the Brazillian peppertree Schinus Teribinthifolia - so related, and that is a good indicator that it may be a dye source as well.  I'm about to try with Schinus Molle -  using a small batch system  of 10 grams of leaves/10 grams of scoured and wetted out,  wool yarn (easier than using fleece - less chance of matting).    Then stew up the leaves with the yarn and mordant - alum and cream of tartar - all together,  in a big jar in a water bath, to maintain a simmering temperature for a couple of hours.  If I get a pale colour, then I try it again, using more leaves to the same amount of yarn.  
I'll post again when I have some results.

Here we go - first off, I used 25g of fresh leaves of Schinus molle - I usually use dried material, so doubled up on quantity.  Then proceeded as in previous post.    The result is a really nice clear yellow,  often plant dye yellows have an undertone of "something else".   I'm having trouble with my camera, so, please take my word for it, until I get the problem sorted.  

Edit: to make mordant for small quantities - make a stock solution using 10 grams Alum and 5 grams cream of tarter to one litre.  Then it's dead easy - use 10 mls (that's 2 teaspoonsful) for each gram of your protein fibre - Good Luck

Beaten the camera into submission, finally.
Here is the result for the Schinus molle.  

Now I'm down the rabbit hole again . . . and found  https://www.ecotintes.com/   It's all in Spanish, but 'translate' will give the gist, even if some of the words are obviously wrong. Looking at the 'tintes naturales" section there are some good images, both of Schinus molle and the other most used Peruvian dye subjects,  used singly and in combination, on various natural fibres.
Next step for me, making a fruit fermented indigo vat to overdye a S. molle skein.