A tropical plant (Acokanthera spectabilis): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1872, after himself.

  • Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.
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[1872]
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25906i
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Plants from the Acokanthera genus yield arrow poisons and cardiac glycosides

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[London] (5, Henrietta St. Covent Garden) : L. Reeve & Co., [1872] (V. Brooks, Day & Son, imp.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour

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Toxicophlaea spectabilis W. G. Smith, F. L. S. del et lith

Reference

Wellcome Collection 25906i

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