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Screw pine
An Indian artist1780/1810
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery
Exeter, United Kingdom
Screw pines have fragrant flowers with a strong fruity smell. They are often used as perfume and to flavour food. The plant is also used in Ayurvedic medicine as a stimulant and to treat headaches and rheumatism. Ayurvedic medicine is one of the world's oldest medicinal systems and has been practiced in india for 3,000 years.
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- Title: Screw pine
- Creator: An Indian artist
- Creator Lifespan: 1810-04-06/1888-08-23
- Creator Nationality: British
- Creator Gender: Male
- Creator Death Place: Torquay
- Creator Birth Place: Worcester
- Date: 1770/1810
- Date Created: 1780/1810
- Location Created: Calcutta, India
- Physical Dimensions: w390 x h555 mm
- Provenance: Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter City Council.
- Subject Keywords: Botany, Botanical drawing, Natural history, Empire, Plant, India
- Type: Drawing
- External Link: Screw pine Collections Explorer
- Medium: Watercolour
- Artist: Company School
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