Picture Details
Coconuts and trees
Partner:
Wellcome Library, LondonImage reference:
V0043077Origin:
IndiaArtist / Date:
John Nieuhoff, 1682Size:
285 x 360 mmDescription:
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Line engraving on paper. The coconut palm has many uses such as for its oil, timber, fibre and edible copra. In Java a decoction of the roots is used to treat dysentery, in India the leaf hairs are used to stop bleeding, in Ghana the bark is used as an antiseptic and in Mexico the "milk" is considered diuretic and is used to combat intestinal worms. The lettering reads; A young cocoa tree, an old cocoa tree, the pynang tree, wild cinomon tree, a cocoa tree a branch with cocoa nuts, cocoa nuts. (The pynang tree is also known as the betelnut. ) Taken from Remarkable voyages and travels to the East-Indies, Nieuhoff, John (1682). Amsterdam.
Bibliographic Info:
Nieuhoff, John. (1682) Remarkable voyages and travels to the East-Indies. Amsterdam.
