Doum palm (Hyphaene thebaica (L.) C.Martius): fruiting stem and fruit segments. Etching by G. D. Ehret, c. 1743.

  • Ehret, Georg Dionysius, 1708-1770.
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[1743-45]
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18617i
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The fibrous part of the fruit thought to taste like gingerbread, endocarp used for buttons and the leaves are used for mats, ropes, paper & fuel

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[London] : [W.Bowyer], [1743-45]

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1 print : etching ; platemark 30.6 x 20.5 cm

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Palma Thebaica. G.D.Ehret sc. Lettering continues on print: "Hasce tabulas ad rem herbariam spectantes Richardus Mead archiater suo patrocinio honestavit."

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Wellcome Collection 18617i

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