Images Dated 2013

Zingiber officinale, ginger

Zingiber officinale, ginger. Kohler, Kohler's Medicinal Plants, 1887, Plate 202

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Poppy (Papaver), woodblock print and manuscript on paper, 1828

Wood block print and manuscript on paper, Japan, 1828. The wood block prints meassure approximately 25 cm in height. The wood block print is from Honzo Zufu or Illustrated manual of medicinal plants by Iwasaki Kan'en, also known as Iwasaki Tsunemasa, 1786-1842. This botanical manual was compiled during the Tokugawa era (1603-1867)

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Ananas champaca, ornamental pineapple

Ornamental pineapple, Ananas comosus Champaca, at RBG Kew. The ornamental pineapple is not edible. Part of the Bromeliad plant family native to Tropical America it has swordlike spiny green leaves, held in a dense rosette, with the fruit held in the centre on a sturdy stalk

© RBG Kew/Andrew McRobb

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