Double claw (Martynia annua L.): entire flowering plant with separate fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.
- Date:
- [1774]
- Reference:
- 16975i
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Description
Fruit of Martynia annua is sometimes eaten pickled
Double claw is also known as ram's horn or unicorn plant
Publication/Creation
[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.3 x 23.1 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Martynia annua villosa et viscosa, folio subrotundo, flore magno rubro. Mart.cent.42.t.42. - Lin.Spec.Plant.Tom.II.pag.862. - Ital. Poposcitea
Reference
Wellcome Collection 16975i
Type/Technique
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores