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Deutschlands flora in abbildungen nach der natur
Nurnberg :Gedruckt auf kosten des verfassers,1798-[1862]
Taken with an Olympus OM2, 24mm Zuiko lens and red filter on Ilford FP4+. Developed using Ilfotec DD-X and scanned with an Epson V550.
Mounts Botanical Garden in West Palm Beach, Florida. Mounts Garden is not very "educational" for people like me who are interested but don't know much botany. Very few labels or information otherwise presented so I've posted a lot of unidentified plant pictures from this trip.
I have a complicated relationship with this photo. It's very old and was taken in 2021, when I was just starting my path in photography.
Native to South and Central America and now cultivated in some southern US states, it is popularly referred to as the ‘cannonball tree’ because not only are the fruits as large, round and heavy as their namesakes, but when falling to the earth, they often do so with loud and explosive noises.
The bark, leaves and flowers have by long tradition been used for medicinal purposes by indigenous peoples. Said to have anti-bacterial, antiseptic and analgesic qualities, the bark supposedly cures colds, the juice from its leaves is good for treating malaria and for skin diseases, while chewing young leaves alleviates toothache, and the interior of the fruit can disinfect wounds.
This is a beach near Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island. I was really disappointed with the fog but it does add a neat effect.
Annales de la Société royale d'agriculture et de botanique de Gand :.
Gand [etc.] :Société royale d'agriculture et de botanique,1845-1849..
Dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle :
Paris :Chez les editeurs MM. Renard, Martinet et cie, rue et Hotel Mignon, 2 (quartier de l'École-de-Médecine) ; et chez Langlois et Leclercq, rue de la Harpe, 81 ; Victor Masson, Place de l'Ecole-de-Médecin1847-1849