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Hand-coloured botanical engraving of a branch with blue-green leaves, red berries, a dark blue flower, and small fruit and seed sections.

Guatteria sempervirens DC.: branch with flowers and fruit and sections of fruit and seed. Coloured line engraving.

A branch of a flowering tree bears large, pale blue-green oval leaves with prominent yellow-green midribs, alongside clusters of small red and pink berries and a single dark blue flower. Small detached sections of fruit and seed are drawn at lower left, on a pale grey-white ground with handwritten annotations at upper right.

Artist
Hendrik van Rheede
Date
[1685]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3176 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1685.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Rama de Guatteria sempervirens con frutos y semillas, grabado coloreado

Una rama de un árbol con flores muestra hojas grandes ovaladas de tono verde azulado con nervaduras centrales amarillentas, junto a racimos de pequeños frutos rojos y rosados y una flor azul oscuro. En la parte inferior izquierda aparecen secciones detalladas de fruto y semilla, sobre un fondo gris claro con anotaciones manuscritas.

Português: Ramo de Guatteria sempervirens com frutos e sementes, gravura colorida

Um ramo de uma árvore com flores traz folhas grandes e ovais de tom verde-azulado, com nervuras centrais amareladas, ao lado de cachos de pequenos frutos vermelhos e rosados e uma flor azul-escura. No canto inferior esquerdo aparecem seções detalhadas de fruto e semente, sobre um fundo cinza-claro com anotações manuscritas.

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