Tropical Gallery

Astrocaryum aculeatum, 1823-1853

Illustration of Astrocaryum aculeatum, commonly known as tucum?£ Bactris hirta var. pectinata, Bactris hirta
from Historia Naturalis Palmarum by Karl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, 1823-1853

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Lodoicea maldivica

Lodoicea maldivica, commonly known as coco de mer or double coconut by William Jackson Hooker from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1827. Artwork from volume 54, plate 2734.
Curtis's Botanical Magazine is the longest running botanical periodical featuring colour illustrations of plants and has been published continuously since 1787

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Aristolochia grandiflora

Aristolochia grandiflora (pelican flower). Pelican flower produces enormous trumpet-shaped flowers, which smell of rotting meat and attract flies and wasps as its pollinators. Family:
Aristolochiaceae

© RBG KEW

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