The Michelia or orange grape tree.
The Michelia champaca or orange grape tree is an evergreen tree of the magnolia family common to southeast Asia. It is cultivated for its fragrant yellow and white flowers. Named for Pietro Antonio Michele (1679~1737), an Italian botanist. Handcolored copperplate engraving by Majoli from John Hill's "Decade of Curious and Elegant Trees and Plants" (1786). It had first been published in London in 1773. The new edition had 10 hand-coloured botanical plates by P. Maioli (Majoli) engraved by Giuseppe Bianchi and depicted unusual plants such as carnivorous pitcher plants and Venus flytraps for the first time.
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