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Myristicaceae

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  • A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • A plant (Myristica malabarica): branch with fruit, kernels, flowers and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.
  • Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans): stem with fruit and nut and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.
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Catalogue

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    De plantis toxicariis e mundo novo tropicale commentationes. II, The vegetal ingredients of the myristicaceous snuffs of the Northwest Amazon / by Richard Evans Schultes and Bo Holmstedt.

    Schultes, Richard Evans. | Date: [1968]
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    A plant (Myristica malabarica): branch with fruit, kernels, flowers and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.

    | Date: [1683] | Reference: 15808i
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    A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.

    | Date: [1827] | Reference: 27942i
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    Evolution of the identification of the myristicaceous hallucinogens of South America / Richard Evans Schultes.

    Schultes, Richard Evans. | Date: [1979]
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    Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans): stem with fruit and nut and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

    Rosenberg, C. T., active approximately 1850. | Date: [1850-51] | Reference: 26353i
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