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Japanese persimmon fruit (Diospyros kaki) and a leafy stem of yew (Taxus species). Watercolour.
Reference: 23278i
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Birds and plants from Persia, including turtledoves, senna plant, terpentine plant, pomegranate flowers and tree and pumpkin . Line engraving by M. Pool after C. de Bruin, 1704.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20194i
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An inaugural dissertation, on the chemical and medical properties of the persimmon tree, and the analysis of astringent vegetables : submitted to the examination of the Revd. John Ewing, S.T.P. provost ; the trustees and medical professors, of the University of Pennsylvania ; for the degree of Doctor of Medicine / by James Woodhouse, A.M. ; honorary member of the American and Philadelphia medical societies.
Woodhouse, James, 1770-1809.Date: [1792]
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A plant (Diospyros mabola): flowering stem. Coloured engraving by S. Watts, c. 1828, after J. Lindley.
Lindley, John, 1799-1865.Date: 1 April 1828Reference: 25892i
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A fruiting branch of common persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana) with two fungi. Coloured etching by J. Pass, c. 1808, after J. Ihle.
Ihle, Johann-Eberhard, 1727-1814.Date: 23 May 1808Reference: 25504i