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Cassava or tapioca plant (Manihot esculenta): leafy stem and tuberous roots. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809.

Common garlic (Allium sativum): bulb, flower head, single flower and single clove. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1850.

Yuquilla (Manihot carthaginensis (Jacq.) Mill.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Baldmoney (Meum athamanticum Jacq.): flowering stem with separate rootstock, flower and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.

Rape or colza (Brassica napus L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Crop production, poisoned food and public health / by John Hepburn.

Roots, tubers, plantains, and bananas in human nutrition.

Root vegetables / issued by the Ministry of Food.

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Cacheu, Guinea-Bissau: workers preparing cakes from manioc root, within a decorative border. Engraving, c. 1777.

Crop production, poisoned food and public health / by John Hepburn.

Roots, tubers, plantains, and bananas in human nutrition.

Root vegetables / issued by the Ministry of Food.

Turnip or sarson (Brassica rapa L.): root, leaf, flowers, fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.