Brown stem with several leafy stalks and a slender stem leading to tiny white florets of the Angelica miqueliana Maxim.


Brown stem with several leafy stalks and a slender stem leading to tiny white florets of the Angelica miqueliana Maxim. plant. Kouhon, or Du Huo in Chinese medicine. Colour-printed woodblock engraving by Kan'en Iwasaki from "Honzo Zufu," an Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants, 1884. Iwasaki (1786-1842) was a Japanese botanist, entomologist and zoologist. He was one of the first Japanese botanists to incorporate western knowledge into his studies.


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