Picture Details
Cardamom plant
Partner:
Wellcome Library, LondonImage reference:
V0043959Origin:
IndiaArtist / Date:
M. A. Burnett, 1847Description:
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Lithograph with watercolour. The cardamom plant: rootstock sprouting leafy and flowering stems, and separate flower. Cardamom seeds are used in medicine and cooking, as a masticatory in Asia. The lettering reads; Matonia Cardamom. Burnett, M. A. (1847) Plantae utiliores, or illustrations of useful plants employed in the arts and medicine[i/]. London. vol. 3, pl. 36.
Bibliographic Info:
Burnett, M. A. (1847) Plantae utiliores, or illustrations of useful plants employed in the arts and medicine[i/]. London. vol. 3
