Chia (Salvia hispanica L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate segments of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.
- Date:
- [1775]
- Reference:
- 17052i
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Description
The seeds (chia seeds) were formerly used in a drink and chia oil in painting in China
Publication/Creation
[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1775]
Physical description
1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.9 cm
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Lettering
Salvia hispanica foliis ovatis, petiolis utrinque mucronatis: Spicis imbricatis, calycibus trifidis. Kenph.orig.t.2 - Linn.Sp.Plant.37. Ital. Chia americana
Reference
Wellcome Collection 17052i
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Location Status Access Closed stores