Root Collection (page 2)

Diamond beetle and weevils
Brazilian diamond beetle, Entimus imperialis 1, bearded weevil, female, Rhinostomus barbirostris 2, red-spotted lily weevil, Brachycerus ornatus 3, strawberry root weevil, Sciaphilus asperatus 4

Bristle-tipped iris or beachhead iris, Iris setosa. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Sweet root, Mussaenda macrophylla
Sweet root or large-leaved mussaenda, Mussaenda macrophylla. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after an illustration by Miss Sarah Drake from Edwards Botanical Register

Hollow root, Corydalis cava (Hollow-rooted fumitory, Fumaria cava). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom from William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793

Strychnine tree and ginseng root
Strychnine tree, Strychnos nux-vomica 1, with fruit in section a, grain b, flower c, and ginseng, Panax quinquefolius 2, with flower d, root e, dried root f

True rhubarb, Rheum rhabarbarum, roots 1, flower 2, leaf outline 3, stalk exterior 4, stalk section 7, root sections 5, 6

Black pepper and ginger
Black pepper, Piper nigrum, and ginger, Zingiber officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792

Silver maple and potato
Silver maple, Acer saccharinum 1, and potato, Solanum tuberosum 2, tubers a, b, c. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Cassava and sweet potato
Cassava or manioc, Manihot esculenta 1, and sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children)

Alum root or wild cranesbill, Geranium maculatum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Goldthread or canker root, Coptis trifolia. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Lesser galangal, Alpinia officinarum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

English rhubarb, false rhubarb or rhapontic, Rheum rhaponticum. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Culvers root or blackroot, Veronicastrum virginicum (Veronica virginica). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Jalap, Ipomoea dumosa (Exogonium purga). Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Common valerian, Valeriana officinalis. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Carrot, Daucus carota. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Thai galangal or blue ginger, Alpinia galanga. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Ginger, Zingiber officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse, (Handbook of all medical-pharmaceutical plants)

Peruvian rhatany, Krameria lappacea
Peruvian rhatany, Krameria triandra. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Woman preparing food from cassava plant, Brazil
Woman preparing food from a cassava or manioc plant, Brazil. The root of the plant is poisonous, but the poison can be extracted by squeezing the sap out by stretching and contracting. Date: 1922

Preparing bread from the manioc root
Natives of Madagascar preparing bread from the manioc root. Date: 1834

Llull, Ramon (1233 / 1235-1315 / 1316). Majorcan writer and phi
Llull, Ramon (1233/1235-1315/1316). Majorcan writer and philosopher. Engraving of Arbor Scientiae (Tree of Science) published in Leiden in 1635

Ageratum. Seventeenth-century engraving in Bibliotheca Pharmaceutica-Medica by J. Jacobi Mangeti. Published in Genoa. Italy. Engraving

Aconitum. Seventeenth-century engraving in Bibliotheca Pharmaceutica-Medica by J. Jacobi Mangeti. Published in Genoa. Italy. Engraving

Ginseng root
Panax Ginseng or Ginseng root (on right) and other plants. Date: 1690

The Root Chakra (base of the spine). Date: 1927

Stigmaria ficoides, fossil root
This root is preserved in tough Carboniferous sandstone. Stigmaria is the name given to roots of the giant lycopod (prehistoric spore-bearing plant) Lepidodendron

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14 th century. Medieval handbook of heal
Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Man offering turnips. Miniature. Fol. 51 r

Tacuinum Sanitatis. 14th century. Medieval handbook of health. Man gathering turnips. Woman cleaning turnips in a river. Miniature. Fol. 52 r

East of Ilot Gabriel island sea shore with black basalt rocks a wind-battered Common screwpine tree with aerial roots visible endemic for Mascarenes (Mauritius and Reunion) June North of Mauritius

Taro Plantation - Samoa - Pacific Ocean. Taro is a root vegetable native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands. Taro features in traditional desserts such as Samoan " fa ausi"

Zingiber officinale, ginger

Daucus carota, carrot
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Bonatea speciosa - Watercolour by Franz Bauer, undated. Paper, watercolour. Botany Library, Bauer Unit

Ageratum. Seventeenth-century engraving in Bibliotheca Pharmaceutica-Medica by J. Jacobi Mangeti. Published in Genoa. Italy. Colored engraving

Aconitum. Seventeenth-century engraving in Bibliotheca Pharmaceutica-Medica by J. Jacobi Mangeti. Published in Genoa. Italy. Colored engraving

Thora Valdensium. Seventeenth-century engraving in Bibliotheca Pharmaceutica-Medica by J. Jacobi Mangeti. Published in Genoa. Italy. Engraving

Blueberry. (Vaccinium oxycoccos). 19th century engraving

Pink geraniums on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Plants / Smilax China
Chinese Smilax or China Root Date: 1814

Dioscorides receives a mandrake root from Euresis
Dioscorides(c. 40 90 AD), Greek naturalist, receives a mandrake root from Euresis, goddess of Discovery, and commissions an artist to make a drawing of it. Date: circa 80 AD

Ginseng root
Panax Ginseng Quinquefolium Root. Date: 1891

Red mangrove Loop-root mangrove Asiatic mangrove saplings grow between basalt rocks on sea shore a view to Moka mountain range

Interior of Ilot Gabriel island a view to the West to a lighthouse on Ile Plate / Flat island vegetation among black basalt rocks wind-battered Common screwpine tree (on the right)

Ta Phrom, Khmer Temple in Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Giant tree roots at Ta Phrom, Khmer Temple in Angkor, Siem Reap, Cambodia. Date: 2014

Jellyfish including mauve stinger (Pelagia noctiluca), berenice rouge, root-arm medusa, etc.. Handcolored engraving from Charles d Orbignys Dictionnaire Universel d Histoire Naturelle

Kouka or kujin, Sophora flavescens.. Handcolored woodblock print by Kono Bairei from Kusa Bana Hyakushu (One Hundred Varieties of Flowers), Tokyo, Yamada, 1901

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