Garden rocket (Eruca vesicaria (L.) Cav. subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell.): flowering and fruiting stem with separate fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 177-.

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17192i
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Garden rocket is also known as salad rocket or jamba

Garden rocket is eaten in salads and used as oilseed subs. for rape in India

Publication/Creation

[Romae (Rome)] : Bouchard et Gravier

Physical description

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 37.2 x 22.8 cm

Lettering

Eruca, latifolia, alba, sativa Dioscoridis C.B.Pin.93 I.R.H.227 Ital. Ruchetta di Orto - Gall. Roquette

Reference

Wellcome Collection 17192i

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