Tamarindus indica, tamarind
Hand painted copy of an illustration of tamarind, commissioned by William Roxburgh. In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh describes this species as a magnificent tree, one of the largest in India. It generally flowers in May and ripens its fruit during the cold season... Read more
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Filename: ROX00000793.jpg
Size: 4080 x 5440 (5.2MB)
Date: 4th March 2015
Credit: © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Source: Library, Art & Archives, RBG Kew
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© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Tamarindus indica, tamarind
Hand painted copy of an illustration of tamarind, commissioned by William Roxburgh. In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh describes this species as a magnificent tree, one of the largest in India. It generally flowers in May and ripens its fruit during the cold season. Roxburgh also reports an extract of a letter of Captain Pringle at Lucknow, where the qualities and the uses of various parts of this plant are explained. Other names: Tintri, Tintiree (Sanskrit); Tintiree, Tintil, Tentool (Bengali); Umli, Amli (Hindi); Chinta-chittoo (Telugu)
© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Media ID 10698939
19th Century Botanical Color Colour Culinary East India Company Edible Food Illustration Leguminosae Plant Rbg Kew Unknown Indian Artist Watercolour
Filename: ROX00000793.jpg
