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Vateria indica Gaert.

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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. ROX1564.
In his 'Flora Indica' Roxburgh describes this species as a very large and handsome tree, native of Malabar; it flowers during the hot season and ripens its seed in August. Roxburgh reports that a resin called Copal exudes from this tree, and that in some parts of India beads are made of it which resemble amber beads. He also gives a reports made by Dr Buchanan which says: 'Some men of the Panchala tribe...take butter-milk and boil it with a small quantity of quick lime, until strings form in the decoction, and separate from the watery parts...The stringy matter is then mixed with the paint...with these the wooden work is first painted...afterwards receives a coat of Pundum, which is the fresh juice of a tree called Peini Marum...After the first coat of Pundum has dried, another coat of paint is given, and that is followed by another of varnish. In the same manner leather may be painted...The varnish effectually resists the action of water'.
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.2, p.602.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

South Asia

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Tags

Flora
Flowers
Plants

Category

Glossary
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