Horse-radish tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.): branch with flowers and separate flower, pods and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
- Date:
- [1686]
- Reference:
- 16096i
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Oil from seeds of the horse-radish tree is Ben Oil used in artist's paint, salad oil and soap. The roots smell of horse-radish, the pods are edible and timber used for pulp.
Publication/Creation
[Amsterdam], [1686]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.3 x 41.7 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Múríngú Lat. ... Mal. Maifingù ... Bra. ... Arab.
Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Moringa oleifera Lam. 55"
Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet
References note
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
Reference
Wellcome Collection 16096i
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