A plant (Mimusops elengi): branch with leaves, flowers and fruit and sections of flower. Coloured line engraving.

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[1683]
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15923i
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Mimusops elengi L. is cultivated for its fragrant flowers

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[Amsterdam], [1683]

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1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.4 x 43.7 cm

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Manìl-kára. lat. ... mal. Vanválli, ... bra. ... Arab. Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. M. Holmes: "Mimusops kauki L. (Roxb.) Sapotaceae 101" 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 15923i

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