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Seeds from the Kapok-Tree

Unknown artist, for Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723)1686-06-10

The Royal Society

The Royal Society
London, United Kingdom

Drawing from a letter by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek to the Royal Society, containing 23 figures in total (detail).
Detail shows silique or seed-bearing fruit called Kapok (he mentions that he had this one drawn as it was slightly split open, so that one can see the inside).

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