Economic Botany Collection

Choose from 24 images in our Economic Botany Collection

Cochineal beetle harvest, by Eadweard Muybridge

Cactus indicus, ca 18th century

Gossypium herbaceum, Willd. (Cotton)

Indigofera tinctoria (Indigo), 1826

Cinchona bark specimens

Lagerstroemia regina, Willd

Gossypium herbaceum, Willd. (Dacca cotton)

Gossypium obtusifolium, R. (Cotton)

Fish Tongues used to grate Guarana

Model of indigo factory, 1886

Strychnos potatorum, Willd. (Clearing nut)

Diospyros ebenum, K├Ân. (Ebony)

Diospyros melanoxylon, Willd. (Ebony)

Cactus chinensis, R. (Opuntia ficus-indica), 1795-1804

Lawsonia inermis, Willd. (Henna)

Gossypium religiosum, Willd. (Nankeen or brown cotton)

Quercus tinctoria (Black oak, Q.velutina)

Drying coffee in the Straits Settlements, Southeast Asia, 1899

Manufacture of Sugar at Katipo

Japanese hemp production circa 1910

Preparing cinnamon, Sri Lanka, 1880 s

Preparing cinnamon quills for drying, Sri lanka, 1880 s

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