Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.): fruiting and flowering branch with separate numbered sections of flowers, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.
- Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.
- Date:
- [1885]
- Reference:
- 16417i
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Seeds of cacao are a source of chocolate, they contain the alkaloid theobromine and butter made from them has medicinal use
Publication/Creation
Bruxelles [Brussels] : Librairie C. Muquardt, éditeur, [1885]
Physical description
1 print : chromolithograph, printed in 9 colours
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Theobroma cacao. Peint d'apres nature par Mme Berthe Hoola van Nooten, à Batavia. Chromolith: par P. Depannemaeker, à Ledeberg-lez-Gand, (Belgique)
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Wellcome Collection 16417i
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Location Status Access Closed stores