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Euphorbia ligularia R.

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Date

1795-1804

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Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : The Roxburgh Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

Watercolour illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh. ROX1066. Roxburgh reports in his 'Flora Indica', 'I have only found this plant in Bengal, about the houses of the natives. Flowering time the months of February and March.....This plant is sacred to Munsa, the goddess of serpents. The root of the tree mixed up with black pepper, is employed for the cure of their bites...'. Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.2, p.465.

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image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew

Location

South Asia

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Flora
Flowers
Plants

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