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Hand-coloured engraving of a leafy branch with green and blue-tinged leaves and small red berries, with small flowers and fruit at lower left.

Hosea malabarica: branch with flowers and fruit, separate flowers and fruit and cross-section of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

A hand-coloured botanical engraving shows a leafy branch with glossy green and blue-tinged leaves, bearing small red berries along its pale stem. Small flowers, a fruit and a cross-section appear in the lower left, with handwritten annotations in the upper right on the pale paper.

Artist
Hendrik van Rheede
Date
[1685]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3178 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1685.
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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