Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, India, 1861Seedlings of Cinchona succirubra, photographed on arrival in Ootacamund, southern India, 9 April 1861. Collected by Richard Spruce in Ecuador, the plants were received by WIlliam McIvor
Henry Ridley and rubber tree, SingaporeExtension of original cutting on an old Para rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis - Henry Ridley ( Rubber Ridley ) and rubber tree, tapped for latex
Cinchona bark specimens from the Economic Botany Collection, RBG Kew. Cinchona bark and its derived quinine alkaloids were the most effective treatment for malaria from the 17th century to the 1940s
Harvesting and processing cinchona bark on a Java plantation
Baillonella toxisperma Sapotaceae, 2009A Baillonella toxisperma sapling tree photographed in the Lekoumou Department in Congo (Brazzaville), 2009
Sorbus pseudofennicaROSACEAE, Sorbus pseudofennica 19801818
Cultivation of Cinchona succirubra trees on the Madulsima Cinchona Cos estate, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1882. The plants pictured are 8 -10 years old
769. White Gum and Stringy-bark Trees, New South WalesThe bark of the latter (Eucalyptus obliqua, L Her.) comes off in large slabs, and is used in making wigwams and roofs; and the natives also use it when they wish to cross a river
565. Palawan Trees, Sarawak, BorneoThis tree ( Tristania Whiteana, Griff.) is easily recognised in the landscape, as i sheds its bark like an Arbutus, leaving the trunk a deep red
Cratageus ambiguaROSACEAE, Cratageus ambigua, 6903669001
Pinus nigra, sub sp. laricioPINACEAE, Pinus nigra, sub sp. laricio 197315509
Crataegus prunifoliahawthorn
Catalpa bignonioidesIndian bean tree
Eucalyptus champanianabogong gum
Betula papyriferapaper birch
Betula costatachinese birch
Eucalyptus perrinianaspinning gum
Quercus roburcommon oak
Catalpa fargesiibark of the Golden Indian bean tree
Mimosa suma, RWatercolour on paper, no date (late 18th, early 19th century). Hand painted copy of an illustration commissioned by William Roxburgh (1751-1815)
Necklace of spicesNecklace with beads of Coix, Dioclea, Adenanthera, Myristica and Mucuna - cinnamon bark, cloves and nutmeg. Sourced in Grenada, Spain. RBG Kew Economic Botany Collection, Catalogue Number: 78869
Acer griseum seedsAcer griseum
Eucalyptus pauciflora subsp pauciflorasnow gum
Crataegomespilus dardarii
Fraxinus pensylvanica, Oleaceaegreen ash
Acer davidii trunkACERACEAE Acer davidii 1994924SICH630 china
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