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Small Indian fig (Cereus gracilis)

Small Indian fig

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

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)

Pomegranate

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

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

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)

Roadside church

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

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)

Smaller cow itch vine

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

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

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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