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Fabaceae Collection

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Emberiza calandra, corn bunting

Emberiza calandra, corn bunting
Plate 26 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Acacia nilotica, prickly acacia tree

Acacia nilotica, prickly acacia tree
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

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Tragopan melanocephala, western tragopan

Tragopan melanocephala, western tragopan
Plate 23 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Gracula religiosa indica, lesser hill myna

Gracula religiosa indica, lesser hill myna
Plate 73, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Indigofera tinctora, indigo

Indigofera tinctora, indigo
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Arachide hypogee, peanut

Arachide hypogee, peanut
Plate 267 from Flore pittoresque et medicale (1827) Vol. 4 by Michel Etienne Descourtilz (1775-1835)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Trifolium pratensis, clover

Trifolium pratensis, clover
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Medicago sativa, alfalfa

Medicago sativa, alfalfa
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Clitoria ternatea Linn. butterfly pea

Clitoria ternatea Linn. butterfly pea
From the Botanical Collection of Indian Drawings. Artist unknown. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Tragopan satyra, satyr tragopan

Tragopan satyra, satyr tragopan
Plate 49 from John Goulds The Birds of Asia, Vol. 7, (1850-83). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Acacia dealbata, mimosa or silver wattle

Acacia dealbata, mimosa or silver wattle
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Phasianus colchicus sahwii, common (Yarkand) pheasant

Phasianus colchicus sahwii, common (Yarkand) pheasant
Plate 53 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Moreton Bay chestnut seed pod

Moreton Bay chestnut seed pod
Castanospermum australe, Moreton Bay chestnut seed pod collected in Queensland, Australia in 1909 Date: 1909

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Wild Sports of South Africa, William Harris

Wild Sports of South Africa, William Harris
Title page to William Harriss collection of drawings from 1839. Date: 1839

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Mucuna with insects in different life stages

Mucuna with insects in different life stages
Hand-coloured engraving based on Maria Sibylla Merian watercolour. From Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1726 edition. Date: 1726

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Trifolium montanum, mountain clover

Trifolium montanum, mountain clover
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Gracula religiosa, hill myna

Gracula religiosa, hill myna
Plate 71, painting by Pieter Cornelius de Bevere, from the Loten Collection of coloured drawings of Birds, Mammals, Insects & Plants, (1754-57)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Lens esculenta, lentil

Lens esculenta, lentil
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Physostigma venenosum, calabar bean

Physostigma venenosum, calabar bean
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Gallus gallus, red junglefowl

Gallus gallus, red junglefowl
Plate 32, a watercolour by Joseph Wolf from Daniel G. Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: The Furze Platt Hand Axe

The Furze Platt Hand Axe
The Furze Platt hand axe from the Acheulian culture (Lower Palaeolithic) about 400, 000 years ago. Found in Britain in 1919 the hand axe weighs 2.8 kilos and is 30.6 cm long

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Phasianus colchicus elegans, common pheasant

Phasianus colchicus elegans, common pheasant
Plate 58 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Phasianus colchicus shawii, common pheasant

Phasianus colchicus shawii, common pheasant
Plate 51 by Joseph Wolf from Daniel Giraud Elliots A Monograph of the Phasianid, or Family of the Pheasants, (1872)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Pericopsis mooniana, or Nandu Wood

Pericopsis mooniana, or Nandu Wood
Pericopsis mooniana (Nandu Wood, Nedun Tree), also known as Dalbergia lanceolaria, Dalbergia mooniana, Derris ponapensis, Ormosia villamilii, and Pericopsis ponapensis

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Hawaii - Delonix regia tree

Hawaii - Delonix regia tree
Delonix regia - a species of flowering plant from the Fabaceae family, Caesalpinioideae subfamilia, noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of flowers

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Pithecellobium circinale

Pithecellobium circinale
Watercolour by Gerard van Spaendonck (1746-1822) Date: 1822

Background imageFabaceae Collection: A flowering plant (unidentified) on a river Danum bank

A flowering plant (unidentified) on a river Danum bank (Fabaceae). in river Danum conservation area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Mimosa leucacantha

Mimosa leucacantha
Illustration from Plantarum rariorum Horti Csarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones, 1797/98, by Nikolaus Joseph Jacquin. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly

Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Lophura ignita macartneyi, Tragopan melanocephalus

Lophura ignita macartneyi, Tragopan melanocephalus
Plate 70, lithograph by K.I. Brodtmann from Heinrich Rudolf Schinzs Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen der V� -Gattungen, (1831-1833)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Senna italica, Italian senna

Senna italica, Italian senna
Illustration of Italian senna from the John Fleming Collection, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Caesalpinia sappan, Indian redwood

Caesalpinia sappan, Indian redwood

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Saxicola rubetra, whinchat, Saxicola torquata, common stonec

Saxicola rubetra, whinchat, Saxicola torquata, common stonec
Plate 7 from Archibald Thorburns second edtition of British Birds, Vol. 1 (1925)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant & Sarracenia purpurea

Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant & Sarracenia purpurea
Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Triodopsis albolabris, land snail & Cemophora coccinea, scarlet snake. Drawing 30 (Ewan 22) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Cassia fistula, canafitula

Cassia fistula, canafitula
The purging cassia or pudding pipe tree, is native to warmer regions of the world. The drug senna is prepared from its pods. The matrix in which its seeds are embedded also has laxative properties

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Lophura nycthemera, silver pheasant

Lophura nycthemera, silver pheasant
Large Series plate 51, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Mucuna gigantea, sea bean

Mucuna gigantea, sea bean

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Trifolium sp. & Meliotus sp. clover

Trifolium sp. & Meliotus sp. clover
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Sylvia undata, Dartford warbler

Sylvia undata, Dartford warbler
Plate 59 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 2 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus

Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotus
Plate 45 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Hardenbergia violacea, purple coral pea

Hardenbergia violacea, purple coral pea
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

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Vandasia retusa

Vandasia retusa
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

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Lotus corniculatus, birds foot trefoil

Lotus corniculatus, birds foot trefoil
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Dolichos soja, soybean

Dolichos soja, soybean
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopan

Tragopan temminckii, Temmincks tragopan
Large Series plate 56, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China. The plant is Gentiana sp

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Gallus gallus, red junglefowl

Gallus gallus, red junglefowl
Large Series plate 39, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Ducula pacifica, Pacific imperial pigeon

Ducula pacifica, Pacific imperial pigeon
Ff. 139. Watercolour painting by George Forster annotated Columba globicera and made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Background imageFabaceae Collection: Glycyrrhiza echinata, liquorice

Glycyrrhiza echinata, liquorice
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London



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