Picture Details
Mango seeds
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC61926Origin:
Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaDonor / Date:
India Museum, c.1879Size:
W 35; L 50 mmDescription:
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The local common name given to these seeds is am-ka-by. They were collected in Chhindwara at the time it was part of the historical province of Central Provinces and Berar, now the state of Madhya Pradesh. 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. By this time its collections had extended beyond South Asia to as far east as China.
