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Oilseed plants

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Images about Oilseed plants

37 images from works
  • A coffee tree (Coffea species), nutmeg plant (Myristica fragrans) and cashew nut tree (Anacardium occidentale): flowers and fruit. Coloured engraving, c. 1827.
  • A plant (Atalantia spinosa): branch with flowers and fruit, cross-section of fruit, seed and style.
  • Yellow horned poppy (Glaucium flavum Crantz.): entire flowering and fruiting plant with seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.
  • An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.
  • A workshop in which oils are made from trees, nuts, berries etc. for foodstuffs and medicines. Woodcut by J. Amman.
  • A plant (Crambe hispanica L.): flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching by M.Bouchard, 177-.
  • Dhak or palas tree (Butea monosperma): flowering branch with fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching, c. 1799, after J. Ihle.
  • Gold-of-pleasure or false flax (Camelina sativa): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1803.
  • Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate root, fruit and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1778.
  • Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis): flowering and fruiting stem, leaf and fruit sections. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
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Works from the collections

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    A large kokerite palm (Maximiliana maripa) and the artist drawing it, in a tropical landscape. Chromolithograph by L. Stroobant, c. 1855.

    | Date: [1854-63] | Reference: 26335i
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    Ammi (Trachyspermum ammi (L.) Sprague): flowering stem with separate root, flower, fruit and seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1772.

    Scheidl, Franz Anton von, 1731-1801. | Date: [1772] | Reference: 17832i
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    Mahwa or mahua (Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) Macbr.): flowering and fruiting stem with a dragonfly. Coloured aquatint by W. Hooker after J. Forbes, 1781.

    Forbes, James, 1749-1819. | Date: [1st June 1813] | Reference: 20134i
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    An olive plant (Olea europea): fruiting branch. Coloured lithograph by B. Chirat, c. 1850, after himself.

    Chirat, Benoit, 1795-1870. | Date: 1850 | Reference: 27084i
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    Rape (Brassica napus): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1810.

    Sowerby, James, 1757-1822. | Date: 1 April 1810 | Reference: 25197i
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Related topics

Plants, Useful
Plants, Cultivated
Botany
Plants
Plants, Medicinal
Plants, Edible
Botany - India
Plants, Ornamental
Botany - Pre-Linnean works
Tropical plants

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