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Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): fruiting branch. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1796, after J. Ihle.

A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis) in tropical landscape. Coloured aquatint by W. Daniell, c. 1809, after himself.

A fruiting breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis). Photograph.

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): fruiting stem, leaf, fruit and flowers. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): fruiting stem with separate leaf, fruit, flowers and fruit segment. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

A description of the mangostan and the bread-fruit ... the first, esteemed one of the most delicious, the other, the most useful of all the fruits of the East Indies : To which are added, directions to voyagers, for bringing over these and other vegetable productions, which would be extremely beneficial to the inhabitants of our West India Islands / By John Ellis.

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A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): fruiting stem, leaf, fruit and flowers. Coloured zincograph, c. 1853, after M. Burnett.

A fruiting breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis). Photograph.

Breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis) in tropical landscape. Coloured aquatint by W. Daniell, c. 1809, after himself.