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Small Indian fig (Cereus gracilis)
Description:
Illustration of small Indian fig from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Shoot with leaves, flowers and fruit
Description:
Illustration of shoot with leaves, flowers, fruit and fruit dissected
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Pomegranate (Punica granatum)
Description:
Illustration of pomegranate from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay.
Many of the enslaved Africans had a knowledge of herbal medicine using African plants, and they found medicinal uses for the plants or the Caribbean. For example the skin of the fruit or the young bark is boiled and taken as tea for the treatment of belly ache, period pains, colds, fevers and diabetes.
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Shoot with drooping leaves
Description:
Illustration of shoot with drooping leaves from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Single stemmed plant
Description:
Illustration of single stemmed plant from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Roadside church (Ipomea genus)
Description:
Illustration of roadside church in Jamaica, from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Vine
Description:
Illustration of vine from Elegancies of Jamaica , by Rev John Lindsay.
Many of the enslaved Africans had a knowledge of herbal medicine using African plants, and they found medicinal uses for the plants or the Caribbean. For example the leaves from a vine were steeped and taken for asthma.
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Smaller cow itch vine (Mucuna pruriens)
Description:
Illustration of smaller cow itch vine from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay.
Many of the enslaved Africans had a knowledge of herbal medicine using African plants, and they found medicinal uses for the plants or the Caribbean. For example the leaves from a vine were steeped and taken for asthma.
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Palm
Description:
Illustration of palm plus leaf in detail from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
Palm
Description:
Illustration of (?older) palm from Elegancies of Jamaica by Rev John Lindsay
Creator: Rev John Lindsay
Date: 1758 - 1771
Copyright: Copyright BCC Museum
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