A date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) and segments of the fruit bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

[c. 1840]

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 22.5 x 18 cm

The date palm. embryo date opened date. eating dates. Palm Sunday. mats and baskets of palm leaves. feeding cattle on date stones. drinking arrack. using palm wood

One of a series of six prints illustrating economic plants and their uses: date palm (Wellcome Library no. 28051i), coffee (2052i), rubber (28053i), sugar cane (28057i), tea (28058i), tobacco (28060i)

Wellcome Collection 28051i