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Erythrina indica, Willd
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Filename: ROX00000638.jpg
Size: 3488 x 5088 (4.9MB)
Date: 3rd December 2007
Source: Kew Images
Credit: © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Erythrina indica, Willd
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh describes this species as an armed tree, common over India and the Islands. It flowers in March and April, and ripens its seed in June and July. Roxburgh also mentions that the Malays usually employed this tree to support the black pepper vine, and in this case they call it Chinkereen. The drawing has been inscribed by Roxburgh in pencil This side....[ ], the racemes being always horizontal, possibly referring to which way up the drawing should be viewed
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, image library
Media ID 654437
© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
19th Century Botanical Art East India Company India Legume Leguminosae Tree William Roxburgh Collection
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