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Asclepias acida 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

ROX607.
In 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh notes the acidic taste of the milky juice of this species, and that 'the native travellers often suck the tender shoots to ally their thirst.'
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.2, p.37.

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Location

South Asia

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Flora
Flowers
Plants

Category

Glossary
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