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Shorea tumbugaia R.

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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. ROX1566.
According to Roxburgh this species is a large timber tree native of the Balaghat mountains. It blossoms at the beginning of the hot season and ripens its seed in June. Roxburgh also reports how this tree produces large amount of a resin called Dammar, which in India is used instead of tar in the Marine yards, and in the temples of the natives as a substitute for common incense.
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.2, p.617.

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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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