Jambolan or Java plum (Eugenia jambolana Lam.): fruiting branch with numbered figures of inflorescence and sectioned flower, fruit and seed. Chromolithograph by P. Depannemaeker, c.1885, after B. Hoola van Nooten.

  • Hoola, Berthe van Nooten.
Date:
[1885]
Reference:
16409i
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Fruits of Java plum are used in preserves, the seeds are diuretic and are used to reduce blood sugar in diabetes

Eugenia jambolana Lam. = (Syzygium jambolanum Dec.)

Publication/Creation

Bruxelles [Brussels] : Librairie C. Muquardt, éditeur, [1885]

Physical description

1 print : chromolithograph, printed in 9 colours

Lettering

Syzygium jambolanum Dec. 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 16409i

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