A date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) and segments of the fruit bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

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[c. 1840]
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28051i
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A date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera) and segments of the fruit bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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[c. 1840]

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 22.5 x 18 cm

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The date palm. embryo date opened date. eating dates. Palm Sunday. mats and baskets of palm leaves. feeding cattle on date stones. drinking arrack. using palm wood

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One of a series of six prints illustrating economic plants and their uses: date palm (Wellcome Library no. 28051i), coffee (2052i), rubber (28053i), sugar cane (28057i), tea (28058i), tobacco (28060i)

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Wellcome Collection 28051i

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