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Pummelo or Pamplemousse (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.): flowering and fruiting branch with numbered fruit segment and flower section. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): fruiting branch with numbered figures of inflorescence and sectioned flower, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Krakatoa: plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in a forest clearing, with native man and his hut. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.): fruiting and flowering branch with separate numbered sections of flowers, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

Strophanthus dichotomus Decne.: flowering branch with separate numbered sections of flower, follicle and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

A plant (Sterculia nobilis Smith.): flowering and fruiting branch with separate numbered flower sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Spiderwort (Tradescantia discolor): leafy plant and separate numbered sections of inflorescence, flower and fruit with seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

A plant (Cynometra cauliflora L.): trunk bearing flowers and fruit, and separate floral sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Plantain banana (Musa paradisiaca L.): fruiting branch with sections of flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

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.

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.

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Island plants

Images from the collections

Images about Island plants

Works from the collections

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

Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): fruiting branch with numbered figures of inflorescence and sectioned flower, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

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

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

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.

Island plants

Images from the collections

Images about Island plants

Works from the collections

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

Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): fruiting branch with numbered figures of inflorescence and sectioned flower, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

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

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

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.

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