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A Brazilian sassafras tree (Aniba species) and a Petunia plant in an exotic landscape with snakes, lizards and tribal people. Etching, c. 1671.

Cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum): flowering and leafy stem with floral sections. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1843.

Camphor plant (Cinnamomum camphora): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by Weddell, c. 1826, after R. Greville.

Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora): flowering branch and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.

Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.

A plant (Laurus sp.) related to laurel: flowering, fruiting and leafy stems with detailed segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

Camphor plant (Cinnamomum camphora): branch with leaves. Coloured pen drawing by S. Kawano.

Laurel plant (Laurus cinnamomum): flowering stem. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.

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Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora): flowering branch and floral segments. Chromolithograph, c. 1887, after W. Müller.

A plant (Laurus sp.) related to laurel: flowering, fruiting and leafy stems with detailed segments of flower and fruit. Coloured engraving by J.J. or J.E. Haid, c.1750, after G.D. Ehret.

Camphor plant (Cinnamomum camphora): branch with leaves. Coloured pen drawing by S. Kawano.

Coconuts and trees (Cocos nucifera), a cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum verum) and pinang tree (Areca catechu), in a tropical landscape. Line engraving after J. Nieuhoff.

Laurel plant (Laurus cinnamomum): flowering stem. Aquatint by T. Medland, c. 1807, after J. Cordiner.