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Hunting lost plants in botanical collections

A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.

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The healing power of the physic garden

Having experienced the healing power of plants and gardens, Iona Glen goes in search of present-day “physic gardens” and their origins in history.

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  • Orchid Tree or Pride of Burma (Amherstia nobilis Wallich.): flowering branch with separate fruit and sectioned ovary. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • A species of the genus Lepisanthes: fruiting and flowering branch with separate numbered flowers and section of fruit. 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.
  • Croton (Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Blume): flowering and fruiting branch tip with separate, numbered fruit clusters and single fruit, both whole and sectioned. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
  • Spiderwort (Tradescantia discolor): leafy plant and separate numbered sections of inflorescence, flower and fruit with seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
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