Bogbean or buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata L.): flowering and leafy stems with part of rhizome. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

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[1772]
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16754i
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Bogbean or buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata L.): flowering and leafy stems with part of rhizome. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The rhizome of bogbean is used in medicine or can be powdered for bread and the leaves have a use as hop substitutes in beer.

Bogbean is in the plant family Menyanthaceae which has been split off from Gentianaceae

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.5 x 22.6 cm

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Wellcome Collection 16754i

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