Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving.

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[1686]
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16107i
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Circassian Tree or Red Sandalwood Tree (Adenanthera pavonina L.): branch with flowers and pods, separate opened pod, seeds and flowers. Coloured line engraving. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The Circassian Tree is also known as the Sandal Bead Tree and the Zumbic Tree. The wood (Red Sandal Wood) is used for house timbers and furniture, the bark for washing clothes and hair, the seeds as necklace beads and a decoction of the leaves for treatment of rheumatism and gout.

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[Amsterdam], [1686]

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1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.3 x 41.6 cm

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Lettering

Mantsjadi Lat. ... Mal. Gúnsobì ... Bra. ... Arab. Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Adenanthera pavonina Linn. 57" Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet

References note

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

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Wellcome Collection 16107i

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