Chia (Salvia hispanica L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate segments of flower, fruit and seed. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1775.

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[1775]
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17052i
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The seeds (chia seeds) were formerly used in a drink and chia oil in painting in China

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1775]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.0 x 22.9 cm

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Salvia hispanica foliis ovatis, petiolis utrinque mucronatis: Spicis imbricatis, calycibus trifidis. Kenph.orig.t.2 - Linn.Sp.Plant.37. Ital. Chia americana

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Wellcome Collection 17052i

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