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Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Two plants (Pisonia sylvestris and Pisonia alba ): flowering and leafy shoots with separate numbered flower and fruit sections. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

Japanese pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): tear-drop shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Bromelia karatas L.: longitudinal section of flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Amaranthus spinosus L.: flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Workers harvesting sago in a tropical wooded glade with a bilimbi tree, a sago palm, a durian tree and a pepper plant. Engraving, c. 1777.

Two water chestnuts (Eleocharis dulcis) and a root of Shan kui. Watercolour.

Japanese pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): rounded fruit. Watercolour.

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Tropical vegetables

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tropical vegetables

Works from the collections

Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Japanese pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): tear-drop shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Amaranthus spinosus L.: flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Bromelia karatas L.: longitudinal section of flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Tropical vegetables

Images from the collections

Images referencing Tropical vegetables

Works from the collections

Wax gourd (Benincasa hispida): one box shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Japanese pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata): tear-drop shaped fruit. Watercolour.

Amaranthus spinosus L.: flowering stem with separate root and floral segments. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

Bromelia karatas L.: longitudinal section of flowering stem with roots. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

Bromelia karatas L.: flowering stem with roots and separate sections of fruit with seed. Coloured engraving after F. von Scheidl, 1770.

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