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Kapok or silk cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) growing by a village in Surinam. Coloured lithograph by P. Lauters, c. 1839, after P. J. Benoit.
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Kapok or silk cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) growing by a village in Surinam. Coloured lithograph by P. Lauters, c. 1839, after P. J. Benoit., result 1 of 1

Kapok or silk cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) growing by a village in Surinam. Coloured lithograph by P. Lauters, c. 1839, after P. J. Benoit.
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Creator
Benoit, P. J.
Lauters, Paul
Culture
French
Title
Kapok or silk cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) growing by a village in Surinam. Coloured lithograph by P. Lauters, c. 1839, after P. J. Benoit.
Work Type
Travel sketches. Lithographs.
Date
[1839]
Material
lithograph, with watercolour
Description
1 print :
The silk cotton tree produces kapok, used in stuffing mattresses and in insulation
P.J.Benoit del. Lauters lith.
Repository
Subject
Botany - 19th century.
Plants.
Plants - Surinam.
Trees.
Tropical plants.
Plants, Useful.
Malvaceae.
Kapok.
Huts.
Collection
ID Number
Source
Image and original data from Wellcome Collection
License
Creative Commons: Attribution Creative Commons: Attribution
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File Properties
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V0043228.jpg
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24889540
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