19th c. hand-painted Victorian botanical illustration of Arrow Root & Turmeric, Wheat & Potato starch grains, Cassava / Manihot utilissima. See notes.
Plate 11: (53) Arrow Root / Maranta arundinacea with underground Stem. (54) Turmeric Root / Curcuma longa with Starch Tubers, 'A' section of Rhizoma (55) Section of a Starch Tuber (56) Granules of Wheat Starch (57) Granules of Potato Starch (58) Manihot utilissima syn. Manihot esculenta - Sourced from Popular Economic Botany by Thomas Croxen Archer. Pub. Reeve & Co., London. 1858. So no longer in copyright. - Pages of book are foxed (tinted yellow-orange with age) so some desaturation has been applied and levels boosted to lighten. Patina /texture of page and paper fibre still exists should you want this rather than pure white b/ground. Bad paper stains and some printing ink blobs have been removed though there are some very minor paper flecks embedded here and there.
Size: 5480px × 6980px
Location: uk
Photo credit: © Marcus Harrison - botanicals / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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