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Ricinus americanus

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Date

c.1735

Artist

Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770)

Collection

The Royal Society

Description

Botanical study of Ricinus americanus, major, caule virescente [possibly known in modern taxonomy as Jatropha curcas, native to the American tropics. The composite study shows the stalk, leaves and flower of the succulent plant, alongside an enlarged study of seed pods on the plant's stalk. Inscribed in ink beneath the image with the name of the specimen. Georg Dionysius Ehret was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1757.

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North America