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Tamarind seeds
Partner:
Kew GardensImage reference:
EBC59853Origin:
Seoni, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaDonor / Date:
Paris Exhibition, 1900Size:
W 10-15; L 14-17 mmDescription:
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These seeds were collected from Seoni in the historical province of Central Provinces, now in the state of Madhya Pradesh. The seeds were originally in the collection of the India Museum in London. The India 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. The seeds were then displayed at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 by the Divisional Forest Officer of British India. There is a reference to the use of these seeds as food and medicine but we are not sure exactly how they would have been used.
