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Diospyros melanoxylon Willd.

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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

ROX21
In 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh notes that the bark of this tree, when powdered and mixed with pepper, is used by native doctors for the treatment of dysentry. The drawing is inscribed 'Received from Rodney 9th June 1791', a record of the East India Company ship that delivered the drawings to London.
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.2, p.530.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

South Asia

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Flora
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Category

Glossary
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