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

Infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti.

Raau Tahiti : the use of Polynesian medicinal plants in Tahitian medicine / by Paul Petard.

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

Infective larvae of wuchereria bancrofti.

Raau Tahiti : the use of Polynesian medicinal plants in Tahitian medicine / by Paul Petard.