Mattipaul (Ailanthus malabarica DC.): branch with flowers and fruits, separate flowers and seed. Coloured line engraving.

Mattipaul is known locally in India as But or Thanh thât

The resin of Mattipaul is used for incense in Hindu temples and the leaves yield a black dye used to colour silk and satin. In India, the leaves are used against intestinal worms, and as a tonic

[Amsterdam], [1686]

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.3 x 41.2 cm

Pongelioǹ Lat. ... Mal. Saralù ... Bra. ... Arab. Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Ailantus malabarica DC. 40"

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

Wellcome Collection 16108i