Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis): flowering and fruiting stem, leaf and fruit sections. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
- Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
- Date:
- [1847]
- Reference:
- 23822i
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Oil from the castor oil seeds is used as a purgative, also in soap, paint, varnish, candles, and in dyeing textiles
Publication/Creation
[London (Ave Maria Lane)] : [Whittaker & Co.], [1847]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour
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Lettering
Ricinus communis
References note
Published description of the plant illustrated and its medicinal uses in : M.A.Burnett, Plantae utiliores ..., London, 1847
Reference
Wellcome Collection 23822i
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Location Status Access Closed stores