Tree which bears fruit that is consumed or used by humans and some animals

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Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Two fruiting tree branches, possibly a Sorbus and Prunus species. Watercolour.

Three British fruit trees, sloe (Prunus spinosa), wild cherry (Prunus avium) and bird cherry (Prunus padus). Coloured lithograph, c. 1856, after H. Humphreys.

A stone fruit tree, possibly a plum (Prunus species): fruiting branch and seed. Watercolour.

A pear (Pyrus species): flowering branch. Watercolour.

A cudweed plant (Gnaphalium species), mandrake plant (Mandragora officinarum) and breadfruit tree (Artocarpus atilis). Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

A woman breast feeding a child and plucking a fruit from an abundant tree, two of her other children are also with her. Engraving by J. Frey, 1732, after F. Albani.

A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

Citron (Citrus medica): flowering branch. Colour and coloured mezzotint, c. 1741.

The month September and the sign of Libra, represented by people gathering fruit from trees and the parable of the barren fig tree. Engraving by A. Collaert after H. Bol, 1585.

Cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), Chinese citron or natsumikan (Citrus natsudaidai), jak fruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), muhimbi tree (Cynometra cauliflora) and bilimbi tree (Averrhoa bilimbi), in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruins, 1706.

Two banana plants (Musa species) and a date palm tree. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

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

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

A new orchard & garden: or, The best way for planting, graffing, and to make any ground good for a rich orchard ... With the country house-wifes garden for herbs of common use ... As also the husbandry of bees, with their several uses and annoyances: all being the experience of forty and eight years of labour; and now the sixth time corrected, and much enlarged, / By William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added the art of propagating plants, with the true ordering of all manner of fruits, in their gathering, carrying home, and preservation.

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Fruit trees

Images from the collections

Images about Fruit trees

Works from the collections

A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

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

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

Fruit trees

Images from the collections

Images about Fruit trees

Works from the collections

A species of Sapotaceae: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flower and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

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

Three papaya trees (Carica papaya) with lizards, dodos and a man hunting in an exotic, tropical landscape. Etching, c. 1671.

Elephant apple (Limonia acidissima L.): branch with flowers and fruit, leaf and seeds and cross-section of fruit.

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