A plant (Flacourtia sepiaria): branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seeds. Coloured line engraving.
A hand-coloured engraved botanical plate shows a leafy branch of small oval leaves in blue-green and grey tones, with clusters of tiny flowers and bright red berries. Smaller detail studies of flowers, fruit, and cut fruit sections with seeds appear along the lower edge, with handwritten labels in the upper right.
- Artist
- Hendrik van Rheede
- Date
- [1685]
- Medium
- Engravings
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 4000 × 3296 px
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection
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