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Krakatoa: plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in a forest clearing, with native man and his hut. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

Plantain banana (Musa paradisiaca L.): fruiting branch with sections of flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Two banana plants (Musa species) and a date palm tree. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) growing by a waterfall with two women resting beneath them. Coloured lithograph by J.B.Kidd, c.1840, after himself.

Plantain banana (Musa x paradisiaca L.): nine sections of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

A bunch of bananas (Musa species) and a bunch of plantains (Musa x paradisiaca). Coloured lithograph by R. Bridgens, c. 1836, after himself.

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Plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) growing by a waterfall with two women resting beneath them. Coloured lithograph by J.B.Kidd, c.1840, after himself.

Two banana plants (Musa species) and a date palm tree. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Plantain banana (Musa paradisiaca L.): fruiting branch with sections of flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

A bunch of bananas (Musa species) and a bunch of plantains (Musa x paradisiaca). Coloured lithograph by R. Bridgens, c. 1836, after himself.

Plantain banana (Musa x paradisiaca L.): nine sections of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.