Indian almond (Terminalia catappa L.): leaves, tree, fruit, flowers, seed and cross-sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

The Indian almond is also used for its timber, the root and bark are used for tanning and it is planted as an ornamental tree

The Indian almond is also known as the Tropical or Malabar almond

[Amsterdam], [1683]

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 34.4 x 43.8 cm

Adámaram. Latin. ... Mal. Chiba. ... Bram. ... Arab. Title transcribed in Nagari, Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. M. Holmes: "Terminalia catappa L. N.O. 66"

See further: K.S. Manilal (ed.), Botany and history of Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1980, ch. 2 by M. Fournier, pp. 6-21

J. Heniger, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakestein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1986

Wellcome Collection 15805i