East Indian or Malabar Kino (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.): branch with flowers, separate shoot bearing flowers and fruit and sections of flowers. Coloured line engraving.
A hand-coloured engraving shows a leafy branch with pinnate green leaves and small blue flowers, running diagonally across the sheet. Separate sprigs with flowers and a small pink bloom are drawn at lower left, and an inscription in Arabic script appears at upper right.
- Artist
- Hendrik van Rheede
- Date
- [1686]
- Medium
- Engravings
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 4000 × 3218 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
Español: Kino de Malabar (Pterocarpus marsupium): rama con flores, grabado
Un grabado coloreado a mano muestra una rama frondosa de hojas verdes compuestas y pequeñas flores azules, que cruza la hoja en diagonal. En la parte inferior izquierda aparecen ramitas separadas con flores y una flor rosada, y en la esquina superior derecha hay una inscripción en escritura árabe.
Português: Kino de Malabar (Pterocarpus marsupium): ramo com flores, gravura
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