Khella (Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

  • Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.
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[1776]
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18000i
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Khella (Ammi visnaga (L.) Lam.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, flower and fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Khella is used in medicine to treat angina and asthma and the pedicels are used as tooth-picks

Publication/Creation

[Vienna] : [Leopold Johann Kaliwoda], [1776]

Physical description

1 print : line engraving with etching, with watercolour ; platemark 43.7 x 24.6 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 18000i

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