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Chilli pepper seeds
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC47962Origin:
Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, IndiaDonor / Date:
India Museum, c.1879Size:
W 3-4 mmDescription:
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The India Museum in London was formed by the East India Company in 1801 to display artefacts, natural history specimens and illustrations from the Indian subcontinent. The Museum was closed in 1879 and its collections dispersed among the London Museums and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Before coming to the India Museum these seeds were part of the collection of the Madras Government Museum, established in the 1850s and now called the Government Museum Chennai.
