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  • Workers harvesting sago in a tropical wooded glade with a bilimbi tree, a sago palm, a durian tree and a pepper plant. Engraving, c. 1777.
  • Granadilla or passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.
  • Two melon fruits, a honeydew melon (Cucumis melo) and water melon (Citrullus lanatus) Chromolithograph, c. 1870, after H. Briscoe.
  • Fruits from the East Indies, including piek (?Nipa fruticans - the Nipa palm) and froete mieri and tiackou (?Artocarpus integrifolia), in separate plates. Engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Two cultivars of mango (Mangifera indica cv.): entire fruits. Coloured etching by W. Clark, c. 1830, after Mrs. Withers.
  • Papaw or papaya (Carica papaya): flowering branch, sectioned fruit and insect. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1800, after J. Ihle.
  • A mangosteen plant (Garcinia mangostana): fruiting branch and halved fruit. Photograph.
  • Tropical fruits, including guava, custard apple, lemon, pompelmous and plantain bananas. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis): fruiting stem with separate leaf, fruit, flowers and fruit segment. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • Rose apple (Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston): flowering branch with leaves and numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.): fruiting branch and separate numbered inflorescence and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): mature fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Still life of fruits, including gourds, cucumbers, figs and grapes. Engraving by J-B Haussard after Boisseau.