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Oilseed plants

Term for plants from which oils are obtained

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Images referencing Oilseed plants

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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 (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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Plants, Useful
Plants, Cultivated
Botany
Plants
Plants, Medicinal
Plants, Edible
Botany - India
Plants, Ornamental
Botany - Pre-Linnean works
Cruciferae