Padri (Stereospermum colais (Dillwyn) Mabb.): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flower, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

The timber of Padri is used for construction and furniture

Stereospermum colais was known as Stereospermum personatum

[Amsterdam], [1686]

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.2 x 41.4 cm

Pádri Lat. ... Mal. Pádri ... Bra. ... Arab. Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Stereospermum suaveolens DC. 120"

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 16189i