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Pterocarpus marsupium Willd.

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Date

1795-1804

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Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : The Roxburgh Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

Watercolour illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh. ROX80. In his 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh describes this species as a large tree, native of the Circar mountains. It flowers at the beginning of the rains, and the seed ripens around the end of the year. Roxburgh also notes that from wounds in the bark this species issues a red juice, which hardens into a dark red resin. Roxburgh gives a long description of the qualities of this substance and concludes that it is very similar to the gum of the 'Buteas'. The drawing has been inscribed 'Received from Leopard Man of War 30th November 1791' in an unknown hand. Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.3, p.234.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

Circar Mountains, India

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