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The Endeavour botanical illustrations

Mucuna gigantea

Species:	Mucuna Gigantea
Family:	Leguminosae
Authority:	(Willdenow) de Candolle, Prodr. 2: 405 (1825).

Country:	Australia
Place:	Endeavour River

Artist:	Gerald Sibelius
Format:	Coloured Engraving
Medium:	Ink And Watercolours On Paper

Dimensions:	mm
Collection:	A.0002./.0087./.0005
Specimen:	2 sheets, Endeavour River

Notes Recto:
Notes Verso:
Citation:	col. engraving 1981 BF: pl. 76
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