Rosewood tree (a species of Dalbergia): branch with flowers and pods and separate sections of flowers, pod and seeds. Coloured line engraving.

The rosewood tree is also known as the Nicaragua wood or palisander

Rosewood timber is used for veneers, furniture and musical instruments etc.

[Amsterdam], [1686]

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; platemark 33.5 x 42.1 cm

Nul-Válli Lat. ... Mal. ... Arab. Title transcribed in Malayalam, Arabic and Roman alphabet Lettering is inscribed on print in blue ink by E. Holmes: "Dalbergia scandens Roxb. 57"

See further: K.S. Manilal (ed.), Botany and history of Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1980, ch. 2 by M. Fournier, pp. 6-21

J. Heniger, Hendrik Adriaan van Reede tot Drakestein (1636-1691) and Hortus Malabaricus, Rotterdam, 1986

Wellcome Collection 16117i