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Artist
- Name:
- Descourtilz, Jean-Théodore
- Dates:
- 179?-1855
- Country:
- France
Illustration
- Subject:
- Plants
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Gabriel, (Louis?)
- Format:
- Portrait (taller)
- Source:
- The New York Botanical Garden, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Flore pittoresque et médicale des Antilles, vol. 1
- Author(s):
- Descourtilz, Michel-Etienne
- Published:
- Paris, 1821
- Open Library:
- View record
Description
View of Passiflora murucuja with flowers, fruit, leaves, and tendrils.
Passiflora murucuja is a vine in the family Passifloraceae native to the West Indies. Hummingbirds are attracted by its red flowers and play an important part in pollination.
The caption reads in the original French: Grenadille sans franges.
Keywords: 1820s, 19th century, Carribean, color, flower, Passifloraceae, reference book, vine
