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Sagus rumphii

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Title

Sagus rumphii

Subject

Plants, Medicinal
Arecaceae
Book Illustrations

Description

Lithograph by J. H. Colen; color by T.R. Jones.
Sagus rumphii syn. Metroxylon sagu, commonly known as sago palm or true sago palm.
Caption: Represents the plant in leaf, the flowers and fruit.

Creator

Colen, John H.
Jones, T. R.

Source

Illustrations of Medical Botany, Joseph Carson's two-volume work of materia medica, was published in 1847. Intended for students, physicians, and pharmacists, Carson set out for his work to supplant two important works of medical botany, American Medical Botany by Jacob Bigelow and Vegetable materia medica of the United States by William Barton. Carson's work includes 100 color plates, with lithography by J. H. Colen.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1847

Language

lat

Type

StillImage

Identifier

ZQx_4_v2.pl88

Original Format

1 print : color lithograph

Physical Dimensions

30 x 23 cm

Citation

Colen, John H. and Jones, T. R., “Sagus rumphii,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/1628.