Niepa Bark Tree (Quassia indica (Gaertner) Nooteb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.
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Description
A decoction of the leaves of the Niepa Bark Tree is used to treat biliousness, as an emetic and purgative and as an insecticide
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.5 x 41.2 cm
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Lettering
Kariǹ-Njóta Lat. ... Mal. Locandì ... Bra. ... Arab.
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- [Amsterdam],
Dates
- [1686]
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Credit
Niepa Bark Tree (Quassia indica (Gaertner) Nooteb.): branch with flowers and fruit and separate sections of flowers, fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.. Credit: Wellcome Collection. CC BY
