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Botanical illustration of a mango branch with green leaves, dark purple fruit, hanging flower clusters, and a cut fruit at lower left.

Mango branch with flowers, fruit and cross-section, Hortus Malabaricus

A flowering mango branch (Mangifera indica) fills the sheet with long green leaves, drooping flower panicles, and clusters of dark purple-blue fruit. A cut fruit showing its flesh and stone sits at lower left, with a whole fruit at right. Muted hand-coloured line work on pale paper.

Artist
Hendrik van Rheede
Date
[1683]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3117 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1683.
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

Natural History17th century1680sbotanical illustrationflowershand-colored engravingpre-linnean botanyleavesfruit treecross-sectiontropical fruitindia

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