Turraea heterophylla. Stove plant found by plant hunter Thomas Whitfield in Sierre Leone and sent to the Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick House. Lobed turraea, Turraea lobata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Barclay after a botanical illustration by Sarah Drake from Edwards’ Botanical Register, continued by John Lindley, published by James Ridgway, London, 1844.

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