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  • Breadfruit tree (Artocarpus altilis) in tropical landscape. Coloured aquatint by W. Daniell, c. 1809, after himself.
  • A plant (Elettaria speciosa Blume): flowering shoots with leaf and sections of flower, fruit, and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • A man climbing a coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) which stands by a banana plant (Musa sp.), in a waterside setting in Bombay, India. Engraving by J. Shury after J. Forbes, 1768.
  • Mango (Mangifera indica L.): fruiting tree, leaves, fruit, flower, seed and cross-section of seed. Coloured line engraving.
  • Collage of mixed fruits and vegetables, MRI
  • French jujube (Zizyphus jujuba Gaertn.): Branch with leaves, flowers and fruit and separate fruit and flowers. Coloured line engraving.
  • Collage of mixed fruits and vegetables, MRI
  • People eating and drinking before a tapestry; representing the sense of taste. Engraving by A. Bosse after himself, c. 1650.
  • Rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum L.): fruiting branch and separate numbered inflorescence and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • 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.
  • Granadilla or passion flower (Passiflora quadrangularis L.): flowering stem with separate floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • A fruiting nectarine (Prunus persica) and two almond plants (Prunus dulcis). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1809, after J. Ihle.
  • Peach (Prunus persica) and nectarine (Prunus persica var. nectarina): fruiting branches and butterfly. Coloured etching, c. 1797, after J. Ihle.
  • Runeala Plum (Flacourtia cataphracta Roxb.): branch with leaves. Coloured line engraving.
  • 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.
  • Durian (Durio zibethinus L.): flowering and fruiting branch, section of fruit and numbered sections of flower and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Rose apple (Syzygium jambos (L.) Alston): fruiting branch with leaves and numbered sections of fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • 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.
  • Mango (Mangifera indica L.) flower and fruit with a purple-eyed butterfly (Papilio sp.). Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1768.
  • A bael tree (Aegle marmelos) with sectioned fruit, a dancefly (Empis livida) and three worms (Enchelis species). Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1804, after J. Ihle.
  • Afia-Too-Ca, a burying place in Tongatapu, Tonga, with three people, several huts and surrounding palm trees. Coloured line engraving by W. Byrne, c. 1777, after W. Hodges.
  • Langsat (Lansium domesticum Corr. Serr.): fruiting branch and leaves with numbered sections of fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Champedak (Artocarpus polyphema Pers.): fruiting branch with numbered sections of fruit, inflorescence and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • 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.
  • Huru (Hura crepitans L.) and bull bay (Magnolia grandiflora L.): detailed flower and fruit segments with description. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.
  • Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.
  • Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.
  • Woman carrying a basket of maize