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Images referencing Pandanus

6 images from works
  • Screwpine plants (Pandanus species) of Madagascar, sheltering a tent. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.
  • Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.
  • Screwpine plants (Pandanus muricatus) on a lakeside. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.
  • Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): mature fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.

Works from the collections

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    Screwpines (Pandanus species) covered with climbing plants, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation. Wood engraving, c. 1867, after C. Whymper.

    Charles Whymper | Date: [1867-1875] | Reference: 20942i
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    Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): flower and young fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.

    James Forbes | Date: [1st June 1813] | Reference: 20096i
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    Screwpine plants (Pandanus muricatus) on a lakeside. Wood engraving, c. 1867.

    | Date: [1867-1875] | Reference: 20941i
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    Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): mature fruit. Coloured aquatint after J. Forbes, 1769.

    James Forbes | Date: [1st June 1813] | Reference: 20098i
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    Ketaki (Pandanus tectorius Sol. ex Parkinson): tree bearing flowers and fruit. Coloured lithograph, 1812, after J. Forbes, 1780.

    James Forbes | Date: [1st June 1813] | Reference: 20099i
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Related topics

Plants, Useful
Tropical plants
Plants
Pandanaceae
Plants, Cultivated
Plants, Ornamental
Tropical fruit
India
Plants, Edible
History, 18th Century

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