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Cactus chinensis, R. (Opuntia ficus-indica), 1795-1804
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Filename: ROX00001027.jpg
Size: 2072 x 4544 (2.7MB)
Date: 3rd December 2007
Author: Unknown
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Cactus chinensis, R. (Opuntia ficus-indica), 1795-1804
Watercolour on paper, 1795-1804. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh believed this plant to be a native of China, from thence it was introduced into the Botanic garden at Calcutta about twenty years ago, during all that time it has blossomed only once. The plant, probably Opuntia ficus-indica, was not native to China, but introduced to the East from the West Indies, possibly as early as the late 15th Century
Media ID 654457
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18th Century Botanical Art Cactaceae Cacti East India Company Economic Botany India Useful Plants William Roxburgh Collection
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