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Five Egyptian trees with fruit, including the tamarind, mulberry fig and baobab. Line engraving, c. 1676.
Date: [1676]Reference: 20837i
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Durian (Durio zibethinus L.): flowering and fruiting branch, section of fruit and numbered sections of flower and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.Date: [1885]Reference: 16342i
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A large, exotic, tropical plant (Aguiaria excelsa): flowering stem and leaves. Watercolour.
Reference: 26764i
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Kapok or silk cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) growing by a village in Surinam. Coloured lithograph by P. Lauters, c. 1839, after P. J. Benoit.
Benoit, P. J. (Pierre Jacques), 1782-1854.Date: [1839]Reference: 21020i
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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.
Date: [1777-78]Reference: 26351i