Nux-vomica plant (Strychnos nux-vomica): flowering stem, sectioned fruit and floral segments. Coloured lithograph after M. A. Burnett, c. 1847.
- Burnett, M. A., active 1850.
- Date:
- [1847]
- Reference:
- 23824i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Nux-vomica is the commercial source of strychnine which is extracted from the seeds
Publication/Creation
[London (Ave Maria Lane)] : [Whittaker & Co.], [1847]
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour
Contributors
Lettering
Strychnos Nux-vomica
References note
Published description of the plant illustrated and its medicinal uses in : M.A.Burnett, Plantae utiliores ..., London, 1847
Reference
Wellcome Collection 23824i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores