Picture Details
Garlic bulbs
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC36699Origin:
Berar, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaDonor / Date:
India Museum, c.1879Size:
H 35-55; W 25-50 mmDescription:
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This garlic was collected in Berar (a province in British India - today part of Madhya Pradesh). It used to be part of the collection of the India Museum in London. The Museum 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. By this time its collections had extended beyond South Asia to as far east as China.
