Horse-radish tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.): branch with flowers and separate flower, pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Date:
[1686]
Reference:
16096i
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Horse-radish tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.): branch with flowers and separate flower, pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Oil from seeds of the horse-radish tree is Ben Oil used in artist's paint, salad oil and soap. The roots smell of horse-radish, the pods are edible and timber used for pulp.

Publication/Creation

[Amsterdam], [1686]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.3 x 41.7 cm

Lettering

Múríngú Lat. ... Mal. Maifingù ... Bra. ... Arab. Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Moringa oleifera Lam. 55" Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet

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

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Wellcome Collection 16096i

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