Tamarind Botanical Art

Tamarind
Tamarindus indica

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Tamarindus indica L.

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Tamarindus indica L.

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Tamarindus indica L.

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Tamarindus indica occidentalis

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Tamarindus indica L.

African Baobab Trees, a large Tamarind, the God Aiyanar and his two Wives

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African Baobab Trees, a large Tamarind, the God Aiyanar and his two Wives.
Oil painting of the Baobab trees.The god and his wives are supposed to take a ride every night, leaving good gifts at the houses of all who give them earthenware horses. The natives of India, it is stated by Drury, have a prejudice against sleeping under.

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Fig. ¹ Descourtilz, J. T. "Tamarindus indica L." Oiseaux brillans du Brésil, t. 28, Natural History Museum, London, plant illustrations, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=292603. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.
Fig. ²Bernecker, A. "Tamarindus indica L." Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, 320299, plant illustrations, www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=3202. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.
Fig. ³"Tamarindus indica L." Dictionnaire pittoresque d’histoire naturelle et des phénomènes de la nature, vol. 9: t. 674, f. 2, 1833-1839, plant illustrations, www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=229408. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.
Fig. ⁴Blackwell, E. "Tamarindus indica occidentalis." A curious herbal, vol. 1: t. 221, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 119063, 1737, plant illustrations, Image cropped, www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=119063. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.
Fig. ⁵Köhler, F. E. "Tamarindus indica L." Medizinal Pflanzen, vol. 2: t. 131, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 31398, 1890, plant illustrations, www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=31398. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.
Fig. ⁶ McRobb, Andrew. "African Baobab Trees, a large Tamarind, the God Aiyanar and his two Wives." Plants of the World Online, Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, POWO, (CC BY 3.0), Image cropped, www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:520167-1. Accessed 21 Feb. 2020.

Published 21 Feb. 2020 LR