Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate opened calyx and berry. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774.

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[1774]
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16863i
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Chinese lantern (Physalis alkekengi L.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with separate opened calyx and berry. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1774. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Chinese lantern is also known as winter cherry, strawberry tomato and alkekengi

The berries of chinese lanterns are sometimes eaten and are used for treating fevers, urinary disorders, gout and rheumatism. The calyx is poisonous

Publication/Creation

[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1774]

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.2 x 22.9 cm

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Alkekengi Indicum, minimum, fructu virescente. I.R.H.151

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Wellcome Collection 16863i

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