Palo de cuchara or limoncillo, Trichilia havanensis. Caribbean softwood plant sent to England from St Vincent by Scottish botanist Dr. Alexander Anderson. Sweet-scented trichilia, Trichilia odorata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joseph Swan after a botanical illustration by William Jackson Hooker from his Exotic Flora, William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823-27.

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