Murumuru palm tree (Astrocaryum murumuru Mart.) in Guyana. Watercolour by E.A. Goodall, 1846.

  • Goodall, Edward A.
Date:
Sept. 1846
Reference:
21754i
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Previous title, replaced April 2024 : Murumuru palm tree (Astrocaryum murumuru). Watercolour after C. Goodall, 1846.

Description

A portrait of a solitary palm with a trunk covered in old leaf bases, no crownshaft, and evenly spaced pinnae in a single plane. Clusters of prickles are prominent on the leaf bases, petioles and rachises. Although there is nothing to provide scale, the palm appears to be large

Publication/Creation

Serge Hill [Hertfordshire], Sept. 1846

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1 painting : watercolour

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Murumari palm, British Guiana, from E.A. Goodall. Serge Hill Sept. 1846

References note

Scott Zona and William Schupbach, 'The Guyanese palms of Edward Angelo Goodall', Palms, 2024 (in press)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 21754i

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