Plant that induces psychotropic effects upon ingestion

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

Nine scenes showing tea cultivation and preparation on an Indian plantation. Engraving by T. Brown, c. 1850, after J. L. Williams.

The blossom and fruit of a coffee tree (Coffea arabica) Photograph.

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.

The manufacture of tobacco with leaves being sorted, dried, cured and pressed. Engraving, c. 1750.

Tobacco (Nicotiana sp.): flowering stem with separate leaf. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A man blowing out clouds of smoke from a long pipe, with a tobacco plant to his right. Halftone, c. 1890, after a woodcut, c. 1616.

A tea plantation in China: workers water the young plants. Coloured lithograph.

A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

Smoking tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.): flowering and fruiting stem. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

A tea plantation in China: workers pick the tea leaves. Coloured lithograph.

A California poppy (Eschscholzia californica): flowering stems and pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

1 print : etching with engraving ; image 12.7 x 7 cm

A Chinese man with his tea pot, and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engraving, c. 1693.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; border 22.5 x 18 cm

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 24.5 x 30.8 cm

Workers harvesting the crop on a coffee plantation. Coloured lithograph by Deroi, c. 1850, after J. M. Rugendas.

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Psychotropic plants

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Images referencing Psychotropic plants

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Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

A California poppy (Eschscholzia californica): flowering stems and pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

A Chinese man with his tea pot, and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engraving, c. 1693.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

Workers harvesting the crop on a coffee plantation. Coloured lithograph by Deroi, c. 1850, after J. M. Rugendas.

Psychotropic plants

Images from the collections

Images referencing Psychotropic plants

Works from the collections

Coffee plant (Coffea arabica): fruiting stem. Watercolour, c.1823.

A California poppy (Eschscholzia californica): flowering stems and pod. Chromolithograph, c. 1879, after F. Hulme.

A Chinese man with his tea pot, and workers harvesting tea. Etching with engraving, c. 1693.

A coffee plant (Coffea arabica), its flower and fruit segments bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

Workers harvesting the crop on a coffee plantation. Coloured lithograph by Deroi, c. 1850, after J. M. Rugendas.

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