Amomum specimen
Date
1699
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
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Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Four figures depicting detail views of an Amomum specimen, including a leaf [right as viewed], infructescence and seeds [left]. Amomum is a genus of plants native to China, the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
Illustration to ‘I. A description and figure of the true amomum, or tugus’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 21, issue 248 (January 1699).
Illustration to ‘I. A description and figure of the true amomum, or tugus’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 21, issue 248 (January 1699).
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