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A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.

A plant (Myristica malabarica): branch with fruit, kernels, flowers and floral segments. Coloured line engraving.

Six pictures of foliage illustrating the general character of two trees - the plane (Platanus species) and walnut (Juglans regia). Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.

Indian almond (Terminalia catappa L.): leaves, tree, fruit, flowers, seed and cross-sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

Cashew nut or acajou (Anacardium occidentale L.): flowering and fruiting branch with separate sectioned flowers and fruit. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c. 1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

A Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia): fruiting tree branch with separate opened fruit and nuts. Watercolour.

Nutmeg (Myristica fragrans): stem with fruit and nut and floral segments. Coloured lithograph by C. Rosenberg, c. 1850, after himself.

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Nut trees

Images from the collections

Images about Nut trees

Works from the collections

A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.

A Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia): fruiting tree branch with separate opened fruit and nuts. Watercolour.

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.

Indian almond (Terminalia catappa L.): leaves, tree, fruit, flowers, seed and cross-sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

Nut trees

Images from the collections

Images about Nut trees

Works from the collections

A hazel or filbert plant (Corylus species): fruiting branch with separate nut and leaf. Watercolour.

A Japanese walnut (Juglans ailantifolia): fruiting tree branch with separate opened fruit and nuts. Watercolour.

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.

Indian almond (Terminalia catappa L.): leaves, tree, fruit, flowers, seed and cross-sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

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