Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

  • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
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[1770]
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17480i
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Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The fruits are bitter and are used in Sudan as an emetic

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[Vienna] : [Leopold Johann Kaliwoda], [1770]

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1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.7 x 24.7 cm

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Wellcome Collection 17480i

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