Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

The pride-of-India tree is also used for its timber

Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers. = (Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Roxb.)

[Amsterdam], [1683]

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.0 x 43.0 cm

Adamboe Cadalì-pùa. ... mal. ... Arab. Title transcribed in Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. M. Holmes: "Lagerstroemia flos-reginae Roxb. Lythraceae. 69."

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

Wellcome Collection 15876i