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Cucurbitaceae

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Images about Cucurbitaceae

26 images from works
  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering plant. Woodcut.
  • A plant, possibly a melon (Cucumis melo): flowering and fruiting stem with segments of the fruit. Watercolour.
  • White bryony (Bryonia dioica): flowering and fruiting stem with floral segments. Coloured etching after J. Miller, 1791.
  • Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • Melon (Cucumis melo): stem with large fruit and flowers. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.
  • Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.
  • A càntaloupe' melon (Cucumis melo subsp. melo): one opened fruit and many fruits under cultivation. Chromolithograph, c. 1890.
  • A climbing plant, possibly in the Cucurbitaceae family: flowering stem. Watercolour.
  • Japanese pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): tear-drop shaped fruit. Watercolour.
  • Calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria): fruiting plant growing under a palm. Engraving.
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Works from the collections

33 works

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    The constituents of some cucurbitaceous plants / by Frederick B. Power.

    Power, Frederick B. (Frederick Belding), 1853-1927. | Date: [1912]
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    Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): whole and sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1776.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1776] | Reference: 18107i
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    Cucumber, (Cucumis prophetarum): flowering and fruiting stems with sectioned fruit. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1770] | Reference: 17480i
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    Three species of bryony (Bryonia) plant: flowering stems with leaves. Line engraving by J. Hill, c. 1773, after himself.

    Hill, John, active 1716-1720. | Date: [1759-1775] | Reference: 20742i
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    Chemical examination of pumpkin seed / by Frederick B. Power and Arthur H. Salway.

    Power, Frederick B. (Frederick Belding), 1853-1927. | Date: [1910?]
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Related topics

Botany
Plants
Plants, Edible
Plants, Cultivated
Plants, Useful
Plants, Medicinal
Tropical plants
Climbing plants
Cucumis
Melons

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