Strychnos potatorum, Willd. (Clearing nut)

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Watercolour on paper. Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815). In Flora Indica, Roxburgh notes that this species is found exclusively in the ...mountains and woods of great extent, where it flowers during the hot season. Inscribed Received from Rodney 9th June 1791, in an unknown hand, referring to the East India Company ship which delivered the drawings to London. The plant is rubbed inside water-vessels, it causes precipitation of impurities in cloudy water, also used as a medicine and timber source
Copyright © RBG KEW
Media ID 654465
Date: 3rd December 2007
Author: Unknown
Filename: ROX00001351.jpg
Image Size: 3329 x 4824 Pixels
Filesize is 8.46MB
Version 2 is 5.07MB
Associated Categories: William Roxburgh
Keywords: 18th century, botanical art, clearing nut, east india company, economic botany, india, paintings, poison, strychnaceae, strychnos potatorum, timber, useful plants, water colour, watercolour on paper, william roxburgh collection