Jackfruit Botanical Art

Jackfruit
Artocarpus heterophyllus

The jackfruit illustrated by Michael Boym in the 1656 book Flora Sinensis

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The jackfruit illustrated by Michael Boym in the 1656 book Flora Sinensis

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Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

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Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.

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Sarasvati vina
A long-necked, plucked lute made in three sections of wood (body, neck and pegbox), usually jackfruit wood, with an extra gourd assembled on the back of the neck that functions as stand, or positioner.

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Fig. ¹ Boym, Michael Piotr. "The jackfruit illustrated by Michael Boym in the 1656 book Flora Sinensis." Bibliothèque Universitaire Moretus Plantin, Wikipedia Commons, Public Domain, wikipedia.org. Accessed 24 Jan. 2017.
Fig. ² Buchoz, P. J. "Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam." Histoire universelle du règne végétal, vol. 2: t. 89, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., 1775-1778, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 24 Jan. 2017.
Fig. ³Little, E. L. "Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam." Common trees of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, Wadsworth, F. H., t. 18, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), 1964, Plant Illustrations, plantillustrations.org. Accessed 24 Jan. 2017.
Fig. ⁴"Sarasvati vina." Cyfarthfa Castle Museum, Europeana, (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), www.europeana.eu/en/item/09102/_MINIM_UK_43616. Accessed 14 Aug. 2020.

Published 24 Jan. 2017 LR. Last update 14 Aug. 2020 LR