Licuala peltata, R

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Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh. Roxburgh reports in his Flora Indica that this species is ...a native of the woody mountainous parts near Chittagong, which separate that province from the Burma dominions...'. The leaves are used to improve opium burning, the stems for walking sticks
Copyright © RBG KEW
Media ID 654486
Date: 3rd December 2007
Author: Unknown
Filename: ROX00002233.jpg
Image Size: 3474 x 5016 Pixels
Filesize is 8.99MB
Version 2 is 4.76MB
Associated Categories: Botanical Art
Associated Categories: William Roxburgh
Keywords: 19th century, botanical art, east india company, india, licuala peltata, palm, palmae, useful plants, water colour, watercolour on paper, william roxburgh collection