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Hibiscus radiatus Willd.

image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew | All Rights Reserved

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Date

1795-1804

Artist

Unknown Artist (Company School)

Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : The Roxburgh Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

Watercolour illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh. ROX1584.
In his 'Flora Indica' Roxburgh describes this species as a perennial, elegant and prickly plant, common in gardens around Calcutta, where it flowers during the cold season.
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.3, p.209.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

South Asia

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Flora
Flowers
Plants

Category

Glossary
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