Lagerstroemia regina, Willd

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Watercolour on paper. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh describes this species as a large timber tree, native of Bengal, Malabar and other places. Roxburgh also notes that at Rangoon the timber is used to make knees for ships. The drawing is inscribed Received from Rodney 9th June 1791 in an unknown hand
Copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Media ID 654449
Date: 3rd December 2007
Credit: © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Filename: ROX00000941.jpg
Image Size: 3336 x 4840 Pixels
Filesize is 9.58MB
Version 2 is 4.89MB
Associated Categories: Botanical Art
Associated Categories: William Roxburgh
Keywords: 18th century, botanical art, east india company, economic botany, india, lythraceae, pink, timber, tree, useful plants, william roxburgh collection