East Indian or Malabar Kino (Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb.): branch with flowers, separate shoot bearing flowers and fruit and sections of flowers. Coloured line engraving.

Hendrik van Rheede

[1686]

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour

Wellcome Collection

A botanical illustration depicts a branch of the East Indian or Malabar Kino tree with leaves, small blue flowers, and a few detached flowers and fruit. The branch is yellow-green and the leaves are a deep green. The local Indian name for Malabar Kino is Vengai Padauk The gum of Malabar Kino is used as an astringent and the timber is used for construction and furniture