Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac (L.) Aiton): branch with double flowers and fruit. Coloured line engraving.

Flowers of Arabian jasmine contain oil (malatti oil) and are used to scent tea

The double-flowered form of Arabian jasmine is the "Grand Duke of Tuscany"

[Amsterdam], [1686]

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.5 x 41.3 cm

Cudda-Mullà Lat. ... Mal. Dotì-Mogeri ... Bra. ... Arab. Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Jasminum sambac var. trifoliatum Vahl. Oleaceae 104"

See further: K.S. Manilal (ed.), Botany and history of Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1980, ch. 2 by M. Fournier, pp. 6-21

J. Heniger, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakestein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1986

Wellcome Collection 16265i