Senna alata, R

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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 shrub. Roxburgh notes that when cultivated, this species flowers around the end of the wet and beginning of the cold seasons, and that the seed ripens around the end of the cold season. Roxburgh also tells how this plant is employed as a medical remedy. The drawing has been inscribed Received from Rodney 9th June 1791, referring to the Company ship which delivered the drawings
Copyright © RBG KEW
Media ID 654444
Date: 3rd December 2007
Author: Unknown
Filename: ROX00000812.jpg
Image Size: 4933 x 3498 Pixels
Filesize is 11.31MB
Version 2 is 6.58MB
Associated Categories: medicinal
Associated Categories: William Roxburgh
Keywords: 18th century, botanical art, east india company, india, legume, leguminosae, s eed, william roxburgh collection