Malvaceae Collection

Durio zibethinus, durian fruit
Plate 146 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Gossypium barbadense, cotton plant
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Theobroma cacao, cocoa pod
Plate 49 from Neilgherry birds and Miscellaneous (1858) by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928)

Pachira aquatica, Malabar or Guyana chestnut
Watercolour by Robert Schomburgk, 1840s Date: 1840

Thespesia populnea, portia tree
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Tilia alba
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

Silk cotton tree at St. Thomas, West Indies
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Silk Cotton tree, St. Thomas, West Indies 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Hibiscus cannabinus, kenaf
Plate 2 from the Botany Library Indian Drawings Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Hibiscus tiliaceus, sea hibiscus
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Hibiscus tricuspis

Althaea officinalis, marshmallow, marsh mallow, or common marshmallow. Colored engraving

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, hibiscus
Bodycolour on board, 1847-51 by Isobel Drought (fl.1847-51). Held in the Library and Archives Date: 1847

Theobroma cacao, cocoa tree
Watercolour on paper by Evelyn M. Woolward (fl.1880-90s). Held in the Library and Archives

Hibiscus mutabilis, Cotton rose
Bodycolour by Johann Christoph Dietzsch, c. 1750 Date: circa 1750

Cola sp. Kola nut
Watercolour by Dorothy Talbot, c. 1911 Date: circa 1911

Malvaceae - Mallow
Malvaceae: the mallow tribe. Source: Illustrations of the natural orders of plants with groups and descriptions by Twining, Elizabeth, 1805-1889. Published by Sampson Low, Son, and Marston Date: 1868

Theobroma cacao
Cocoa plant brought back from Jamaica in 1689 by Hans Sloane. Illustration by Everhardus Kickius. Specimen kept in the Botany Library

Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton
One of the 162 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the Central Hall of the Natural History Museum, London. Showing Gossypium barbadense, sea cotton

Cochlospermum gillivraei, kapok tree
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, rose of China
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Corchorus hirtus, jute
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cocoa nucifera L. coco palm
Coconut and coco palm illustrations from Koehlers Medizinal-Pflanzen in naturgetreuen Abbildungen, 1887-1888, held in the Natural History Museums Botany Library

Abelmoschus esculentus, ladys fingers
Plate 166 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Pavonia papilionacea
Finished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Hibiscus papilionaceus

Theobroma cacao, cocoa
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Adansonia, baobab tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Cola acuminata, cola nut
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Hibiscus syriacus, rose of Sharon
Plate 160 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Hibiscus africanus, bladder katmia

Theobroma cacao, cacao tree
A specimen from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane. The seeds of this plant - cocoa, are the source of chocolate

Althaea officinalis, marsh mallow plant

Onopordum acanthium, cotton thistle
One of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London

Alcea rosea, hollyhock
Folio 27 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Baobab tree, Cape Verde Islands (1873)
The Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) was funded by the British Government for scientific purposes and seems to have been the first expedition to carry an official photographer as well as an

Tilia sp. lime
The seed of a lime tree (Tilia sp.) in the Wildlife Garden at the Natural History Museum, London. Photographed by Derek Adams, October 2003

Theobroma cacao, cacao
A photograph of six of decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall showing Theobroma cacao, cacao

Abutilon darwini
Drawing Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 178

Goethea strictiflora, goethea
Drawing 22 by Arthur Harry Church, 19 July 1908. Plate 191

Malva sylvestris, mallow
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 24 August 1908. Plate 196

Hibiscus seeds
An illustration of three hibiscus seeds as seen through a microscope, from page 497 of Flora, overo Cultura di Fiori (1638) by Battista Giovanni Ferrari (1582-1655)

Hibiscus syriacus, rose of althea and Ketmia syrorum, flore albo. Dried specimens taken from the museum herbarium. Plants from Chelsea Physick Garden

Hibiscus schizopetalus, Japanese lanterns. A dried specimen from the museum herbarium

An unattributed fine portrait silhouette by Leon
Outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage, 1768-1771. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Sloanes trade card for milk chocolate
Sir Hans Sloanes (1660-1753) collection formed the basis of the collection now held at the Natural History Museum, London

Decorative ceiling panels in the Natural History Museums Ce
Coffee, tobacco and cotton - three of the 162 plant designs which form the ceiling decoration of the Central Hall. The plants are of economic or medicinal importance

Bombax heptaphyllum, silk-cotton tree
Illustration from the Fleming Indian Drawings Collection, 1800. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Theobroma cacao, cocoa; Syzygium aromaticum, cloves; Myristi
Plate 1 by Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (1829-1928). Entitled A group from Burlgaar. Held at the Natural History Museum, London

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