Images Dated 2015 March
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Tamarindus indica, tamarind
Hand painted copy of an illustration of tamarind, commissioned by William Roxburgh. In his Flora Indica, Roxburgh describes this species as a magnificent tree, one of the largest in India. It generally flowers in May and ripens its fruit during the cold season. Roxburgh also reports an extract of a letter of Captain Pringle at Lucknow, where the qualities and the uses of various parts of this plant are explained. Other names: Tintri, Tintiree (Sanskrit); Tintiree, Tintil, Tentool (Bengali); Umli, Amli (Hindi); Chinta-chittoo (Telugu)
© The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Moss on the roots of trees at the Francis Rose Reserve, Wakehurst Place. This is
Moss on the roots of trees at the Francis Rose Reserve, Wakehurst Place. This is the first nature reserve devoted to cryptogams (mosses, lichens and ferns)
© RBG KEW
Cryptogams, Fern, Francis Rose Reserve, Lichens, Mosses, National Trust, Rbg Kew, Rocks, Roots, Sussex, Tree, Wakehurst, Wakehurst Place