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Elaeocarpus tuberculatus 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. ROX1985.
In his 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh describes this species as a tree, native of the forests of Travancore, where it blossoms at the beginning of the hot season. He also notes: 'Dr. Berry of Madras, who has procured from Mr. George Young specimens and seeds of this sacred tree, says the nuts are sold by the Sunyasees, or holy men, to the Hindoos, set in gold, and by them wore as a religious ornament.'
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.2, p.594.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

South Asia

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Category

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