Sandpaper vine, Petrea volubilis (Petraea stapelia). Handcoloured lithograph by D. Blair after an illustration by Lena Lowis from her Familiar Indian Flowers with Coloured Plates, L. Reeve, London, 1878. Lena Lowis, formerly Selena Caroline Shakespear (1845-1919), was a British woman artist who traveled to India with her husband Ninian Lowis.

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Size: 5002px × 7004px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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