Euphorbiaceae Collection

Insects of Surinam
Plate 4 from Dissertatio de Generatione et Metamorphosibus Insectorum Surinamensium (1726) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717) & Johanna Helena Herolt (1668-1773)

Mancenillier tree
Plate 31 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 9. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hura crepitans, sandbox tree
Georg D Ehret watercolour of Hura crepitans, 1740s. 511 x 372 mm. Date: 1740

Hevea brasilensis, rubber tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Taken from Kohler, Med. Pflanz, 1898

Euphorbia glauca, sea spurge
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Ricinus communis, caster oil tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. Castor oil tree in flower

Mallotus sp
Plate 808 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Manihot glaziovii, Ceara rubber tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London. This tree, which is native to Hawaii, is from the family Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia sp. spurge
Plate 509 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library 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

Ricinus communis, castor bean plant
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Poinsettia pulcherrima, Christmas flower
Illustration of Poinsettia pulcherrima, Christmas flower held in the Botany library at the Natural History Museum, London

Seed specimens
A variety of seed specimens including castor bean (Ricinus communis) and date palm (Phoenix dactylifera), held at the Natural History Museum, London

Manihot esculenta, cassava plant
Illustration from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian

Euphorbia canariensis, Canary Island spurge
Illustration from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Angiosperm flower in amber
A flower trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. This specimen dates from the Lower Miocene period about 20 million years old

Ricinus communis, castor bean
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Euphorbia mammillaris, corn cob euphorbia
Illustration from Prludia Botanica (1703) by Caspar Commelin, of Type Specimens of plants named by Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778)

Aleurites moluccana, candlenut tree
Copper plate of Aleurites moluccana, candlenut tree from the original drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Croton compressus
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Croton reticulatum

Alchornea triplinervia
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Alchornea rigida

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