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Garcinia cornea 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

Watercolour illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh. ROX1446.
In 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh reports that "two small, beautiful trees, one male, the other female [of this species], of about twenty years' growth are found in the garden of the late Colonel Robt. Kyd, near Calcutta, said to have been originally, from one of the Malay Islands. They blossom in January and February; and the female ripens its fruits in May and June". Roxburgh also notes that "from wounds made in the tree, or unripe fruit, there flows a yellow juice, which soon hardens into a gum resin of a tolerably good yellow colour".
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.2, p.629.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

South Asia

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Flora
Flowers
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Category

Glossary
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