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Dillenia speciosa Thunb.

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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. ROX101.
In his 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh reports: '...it is a native of the vallies, far up amongst the Circar mountains; is also found cultivated in some gardens on account of its elegant appearance.' He also mentions how the fleshy leaflets of the calyx, when the fruit is mature, are used by the natives in their curries.
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.2, p.650.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

Circar Mountains, India

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Category

Glossary
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