| Ref No | WP/19/18a |
| Alt Ref No | WP19/18a |
| Title | Drawings of fruit |
| Description | Drawings of fruit. 3 pencil sketches of a fruit with writing by the side. At the top left hand corner is written "Bua ramin (Dyak)" and underneath is a drawing of a fruit. Next to it is a detailed drawing of the base with the word "base" written by the side. Underneath is a drawing of the inside of the fruit divided into three with arillus and seeds. To the right is another drawing of a section of arillus and seed. Underneath is written in pencil "vertical section of seed with large fleshy red arillus". Underneath the second drawing is written in pencil "This arillus is much eaten by the Orang utan. Leaves alternate without stipules ovate entire? acute, coriaceous with parallel curved veins & minute dots". "? Euphorbiaceae".
Notes:
Place: Borneo
Subect: Tropical fruit, Tropical trees |
| Date | 1855 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | 1 page |
| Level | Item |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates | Source |
| PX473 | Wallace; Alfred Russel (1823-1913); Biologist | 1823-1913 | [Source: http://www.wku.edu/%7Esmithch/index1.htm] |