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Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f.: branch with flowers and fruit, separate fruit and seed and sections of flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.
- Reede tot Drakestein, Hendrik van, 1637?-1691.
- Date
- [1685]
- Reference
- 16011i
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Description
Memecylon tinctorium has leaves used as a dye
Publication/Creation
[Amsterdam], [1685]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.1 x 42.9 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Kasjavo-Maram Lat: ... Mal: ... Brah: ... Arab:
References note
See further: K.S. Manilal (ed.), Botany and history of Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1980, ch. 2 by M. Fournier, pp. 6-21
J. Heniger, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakestein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1986
Lettering note
Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Memecylon tinctorium var. W & A. Melastomaceae 68"
Title is trandscribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 16011i
Type/Technique
Languages
- Latin
- Malayalam
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores