Dioscoreaceae Collection

Tacca leontopetaloides, Indian arrowroot
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Chaitaea tacca

Dioscorea decaisneana, yam
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Plants used as food
Illustration of arrowroot, manioc or cassava, yam and sweet potato. Plate 9 from Vegetable Kingdom 1872, by William Rhind

Amorphophallus paeoniifolius, elephant foot yam
Plate 1110 from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, c. 1795-1805. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Curcuma augustifolia, malabar arrowroot
Illustration by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Held at the Natural History Museum, London

Dioscorea villosa, wild yam
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Vigna lanceolata, pencil yam
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

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