Images Dated 2011 May
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471. Dr. and Mrs. Hoad at home in Praslin, Seychelles
The hencoops and roof-caps consist of single leaves of the Double Cocoanut, and the rest of the roof of other palm leaves. In the foreground are trees of Bombax and Mango
© RBG KEW
Art, Artist, Bombax, Dr And Mrs Hoad, Foreground, Hots, Landscape, Leaves, Mango, Marianne North, Painting, Praslin, Seychelles

380. A common Plant on sandy sea-shores in the Tropics
This lovely trailer (Ipomoea blob, Forsk, is found on almost all sandy sea-shores in the tropics as well as in some subtropical regions, including many of the most remote oceanic islands. It is a most vigorous plant, its stems sometimes attaining a h
© RBG KEW
Art, Artist, Blue, Flower, Leaves, Marianne North, Painting, Pink

499. A Tripod Cocoanut, Mahe, Seychelles
The hut is made of the plaited leaves of the cocoanut and roofed with the same in the natural state.
In an early state the ovary of the future fruit of the cocoanut is three-celled, each cell containing a single ovule ; but two of these are almost
© RBG KEW
Art, Artist, Landscape, Leaves, Mahe, Marianne North, Painting, Seychelles