Enset or abyssinian banana (Ensete): young plant with seed and floral segments. Line engraving by J. Heath, c. 1804.

Date:
1 October 1804
Reference:
20921i
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Description

The endosperm of the enset plant is eaten locally and a fibre is extracted from the base of the stem

Publication/Creation

London : Longman & Co., 1 October 1804.

Physical description

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 27.9 x 23.5 cm

Lettering

Ensete. Heath sc.

References note

John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993, vol. 1, pp. 114-115, 170-171

Reference

Wellcome Collection 20921i

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