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1 print : chromolithograph, printed in 8 colours

Banana (Musa coccinea Andr.): fruiting shoot with leaf and numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

1 print : etching with engraving ; platemark 12.7 x 17 cm

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

The plant depicted is in Sir Theophilus Shepstone's garden, South Africa

A cycad plant (Zamia species) with three large fruit. Photograph.

Runeala plum = Flacourtia cataphracta

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.6 x 42.2 cm

A plant (Flacourtia sepiaria): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Papaya fruits are eaten fresh or tinned, used as flavouring and used as a source of papain (an antibacterial protein) for tenderizing meat and controlling termites

1 print : etching ; platemark 49.3 x 34 cm

Papaya, pawpaw or melon tree (Carica papaya L.): flowering and fruiting tree with flowers and fruit lying on the ground beneath. Etching by G. D. Ehret, 1742, after himself.

The elephant apple tree is also used for its timber and gum (Indian gum). The fruit pulp is used as a soap substitute in Japan

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

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Custard apple or Sweetsop (Annona squamosa L.): fruiting branch with sections of fruit, flowers and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Latex from the fig plant is used against warts

A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruits and leaves. Watercolour.

Fruits of the ketaki are edible, the male flowers used in perfumery, the leaves for matting, the roots give a black dye and the plant is used for hedging
Pandanus species are known as screw-pines
Pandanus tectorius = (Pandanus odoratissimus)

1 print : aquatint with etching, with watercolour

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Banana (Musa coccinea Andr.): fruiting shoot with leaf and numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

A cycad plant (Zamia species) with three large fruit. Photograph.

A plant (Flacourtia sepiaria): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Papaya, pawpaw or melon tree (Carica papaya L.): flowering and fruiting tree with flowers and fruit lying on the ground beneath. Etching by G. D. Ehret, 1742, after himself.

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Custard apple or Sweetsop (Annona squamosa L.): fruiting branch with sections of fruit, flowers and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruits and leaves. Watercolour.

Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.

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Banana (Musa coccinea Andr.): fruiting shoot with leaf and numbered sections of flowers. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Jak tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus) with fruit in the Society Islands. Pen drawing.

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

A cycad plant (Zamia species) with three large fruit. Photograph.

A plant (Flacourtia sepiaria): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Papaya, pawpaw or melon tree (Carica papaya L.): flowering and fruiting tree with flowers and fruit lying on the ground beneath. Etching by G. D. Ehret, 1742, after himself.

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Custard apple or Sweetsop (Annona squamosa L.): fruiting branch with sections of fruit, flowers and seeds. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

A fig plant (Ficus carica): fruits and leaves. Watercolour.

Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.

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