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A fruiting plant with red berries, possibly of the Caprifoliaceae family. Watercolour.
Reference: 23227i- Digital Images
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Lonicera periclymenum L. Caprifoliaceae. Honeysuckle Distribution: Europe. This shrubby, fragrant, white-flowered honeysuckle is named for Adam Lonitzer (Lonicerus) (1528–86). German botanist, physician and author of Naturalis historiae opus novum (1551, 1555) and the Kreuterbuch (1557)
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Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Distribution: Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Viburnum japonicum Spreng. Caprifoliaceae Distribution: Evergreen Shrub. Distribution: Japan and Taiwan. No medicinal uses. The fruit is a 'famine food' eaten when all else fails. As other seeds/fruits of Viburnum species are listed as poisonous, and none are listed as 'edible', one can assume that the seeds/fruits of V. japonicum are also toxic. It does not appear vulnerable to pests or molluscs which may be due to irioid glycosides that are present in this genus produced as a defence against herbivores, fungi and bacteria. They have a bitter taste. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Abelia x grandiflora R.Br. Caprifoliaceae. Distribution (A. chinensis R.Br. × A. uniflora R.Br.). Mexico, Himalayas to Eastern Asia. Ornamental flowering shrub. The name celebrates the short life of Dr Clarke Abel FRS (1789-1826), one of the first European botanists to collect in China, which he did when attached as physician to the Canton embassy in 1816-17. It has no medicinal uses but is a popular ornamental shrub in the honeysuckle family because it attracts butterflies and has a long flowering period. From June to October it produces a profusion of small, fragrant, pink-flushed, white flowers on long, arching branches. Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
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Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus): flowering and fruiting stem. Colour nature print by H. Bradbury.
Bradbury, Henry, 1831-1860.Date: [1867]Reference: 23669i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): plant with labels to describe the colouring technique. Coloured pen drawings.
Reference: 22254i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): flowers and leaves. Watercolour and pen drawings.
Reference: 22255i- Books
Beitrage zur geschichte von Sambucus nigra, Juniperus communis und Juniperus Sabina ... / von Heinrich Lehmann.
Lehmann, Heinrich, 1905-Date: 1935- Pictures
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A flowering shrub, possibly Dipelta. Watercolour.
Reference: 22766i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle or woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum): flowering stem and floral segments. Etching by J. Pass, c. 1814.
Date: 10 December 1814Reference: 25528i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): flowering stem. Pencil drawing.
Reference: 26761i- Pictures
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Guelder rose (Viburnum opulus): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24416i- Pictures
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Wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana): flowering stem. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24479i- Pictures
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Woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum): flowering stem. Chromolithograph, c. 1877, after F. E. Hulme.
Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909.Date: [1877-1900]Reference: 24503i- Pictures
Woodbine (Lonicera periclymenum): flowering stem. Watercolour, 1903.
Date: 1903Reference: 21094i- Pictures
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Wayfaring tree (Viburnum lantana): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
Sowerby, James, 1757-1822.Date: 1 July 1796Reference: 24962i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species): three varieties. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1730]Reference: 20536i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1730]Reference: 20535i- Pictures
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera species) and jasmine (Jasminum species): flowering stems. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1730]Reference: 20534i- Pictures
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Common elder (Sambucus nigra): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.
Smith, Worthington George, 1835-1917.Date: [1863-1880]Reference: 24413i- Pictures
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Arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum L.): flowering stem. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.
Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801.Date: [1770]Reference: 17605i- Pictures
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St. Peter's wort, cassioberry bush, myrtle-leaved sumach and candleberry tree. Coloured engraving by H. Fletcher, c. 1730, after J. van Huysum.
Huysum, Jacob van, approximately 1687-approximately 1740.Date: [1730]Reference: 20578i- Pictures
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Twelve British wild flowers with their common names. Coloured engraving, c. 1861, after J. Sowerby.
Sowerby, John E. (John Edward), 1825-1870.Date: 1861Reference: 24542i