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Arecaceae Collection (page 2)

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Wallichia caryotoides, wallich palm

Wallichia caryotoides, wallich palm
Plate 8 from the Roxburgh Collection, c. 1791-1794. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Caryota urens, fishtail palm

Caryota urens, fishtail palm
Plate 10 from the Roxburgh Collection, c. 1791-1794 depicting fishtail palm leaves. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Corypha taliera, tara palm

Corypha taliera, tara palm
Illustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Calamus viminalis, rattan fruit

Calamus viminalis, rattan fruit
Plate 5 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Areca catechu, betel nut

Areca catechu, betel nut
Plate 46 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held iat the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Cocos nucifera, coconut tree

Cocos nucifera, coconut tree
Plate 69 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Palm Cockatoo

Palm Cockatoo

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Acrocomia spinosa, macca fat palm

Acrocomia spinosa, macca fat palm
Illustration depicting the leaf of a macca fat palm from the verso on page 53, volume 7 of the Hans Sloane collection. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Urania speciosa, travellers tree

Urania speciosa, travellers tree
Plate 578 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Phoenix dactylifera, palm date

Phoenix dactylifera, palm date
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: All about Betel chewing

All about Betel chewing
Watercolour by Olivia Fanny Tonge 1858-1949. 180 x 260mm. From one of sixteen sketchbooks presented to the Museum in 1952

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Arera catechu, figure from Descriptiones Fruticum et Arborum

Arera catechu, figure from Descriptiones Fruticum et Arborum
This volume, by Georg Joseph Camel, was held in the library of Sir Hans Sloane

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Sabal comanonis, fossil plant

Sabal comanonis, fossil plant. This specimen is from Axe-en-Provence, France, and is now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, coconut palm weevil illustration

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus, coconut palm weevil illustration
An illustration of a coconut palm weevil, original painting by Amadeo J. E. Terzi (1872-1956)

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Phoenix canariensis, Canary Islands date palm

Phoenix canariensis, Canary Islands date palm
Sketch 219 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageArecaceae Collection: Gymnosperm, palm & angiosperm

Gymnosperm, palm & angiosperm
Composite photomicrograph comparing structures visible through a hand-held lens in transverse section of fossil tree trunks: gymnosperm (left), palm (centre) and angiosperm (right)



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