Dioscorea pentaphylla, Willd
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh 1751-1815). In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh notes This species I have only found in its wild state; though the root is large, white... Read more
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Dioscorea pentaphylla, Willd
Watercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh 1751-1815). In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh notes This species I have only found in its wild state; though the root is large, white, and reckoned very wholesome and palatable, and eaten by the natives
© RBG KEW
Media ID 654477
19th Century Botanical Art East India Company Food India Paintings Root Tuber Water Colour Watercolour On Paper William Roxburgh Collection
Filename: ROX00002129.jpg
