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Hand-coloured engraving of a branch with large green oval leaves and small red star-shaped flowers, with handwritten notes in the upper right.

Pride-of-India, queen flower or pyinma (Lagerstroemia speciosa (L.) Pers.): branch with leaves and flowers.

A hand-coloured botanical engraving shows a leafy branch with large pale green oval leaves and a cluster of small star-shaped red flowers at the left end. Thin, reddish stems and handwritten annotations in several scripts appear in the upper margin against a warm beige paper ground.

Artist
Hendrik van Rheede
Date
[1683]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3155 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1683.
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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Un grabado botánico coloreado a mano muestra una rama con hojas grandes, ovaladas y de un verde pálido, y un racimo de pequeñas flores rojas en forma de estrella en el extremo izquierdo. Los tallos delgados y rojizos contrastan con el papel beige; en el margen superior hay anotaciones manuscritas.

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