Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, continens regni Malabarici apud Indos cereberrimi onmis generis plantas rariores, Latinis, Malabaricis, Arabicis, et Bramanum characteribus hominibusque expressas ... addita ... descriptione, qua ... praecipuae in medicina vires ... demonstrantur / Adornatus per Henricum van Rheede, van Draakenstein [sic] et Johannem Casearium [vols. III-V, J. Munnicks, vol. VI, T.J. van Almeloveen] .... Notis adauxit et commentariis illustravit Arnoldus Syen [vols. II-XII, J. Commelinus]. [Vols. VII-XII, In ordinem redegit et Latinitate donavit Abrahamus a Poot].

Avicennia officinalis L.: branch with flowers, fruit and leaves and separate sections of fruits, flowers and kernels. Coloured line engraving.

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Jasmine (Jasminum angustifolium Willd.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate inflorescence, flower and fruits. Coloured line engraving.

Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Glory Bower (Clerodendron serratum Spreng.): two flowering shoots, infloresence and sections of flower, seed and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

A species of Rutaceae: branch with flowers and fruit and separate flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

Fever bark (a species of Croton): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower, fruit and seeds and sections of fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seed and sections of flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

East Indian or Malabar Kino (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.): branch with flowers, separate shoot bearing flowers and fruit and sections of flowers. Coloured line engraving.

A plant (Rumphia amboiensis): branch with flowers and fruit, seed and cross-section of fruit. Coloured line engraving.

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xvi, 295 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, genealogical table, map, portraits ; 29 cm

Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus : a contribution to the history of Dutch colonial botany / by J. Heniger.

12 volumes, engr. illustrations & folded plates : add. engr. t.ps., portrait, facsimiles ; (folio)

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.4 x 43.6 cm

A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Vateria indica is used for its seed-fat (Malabar tallow, dhupa fat) and resin (white dammer, piney varnish)

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.2 x 43.6 cm

Indian Copal (Vateria indica L.): branch with flowers, leaves and fruit and dissected fruit showing seed. Coloured line engraving.

Runeala plum = Flacourtia cataphracta

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.6 x 42.2 cm

A plant (Flacourtia sepiaria): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.4 x 43.1 cm

Guatteria sempervirens DC.: branch with flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

The elephant apple tree is also used for its timber and gum (Indian gum). The fruit pulp is used as a soap substitute in Japan

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.4 x 43.7 cm

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Reede tot Drakestein, Hendrik van, 1637?-1691

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Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakenstein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus : a contribution to the history of Dutch colonial botany / by J. Heniger.

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