Candelabra tree, Ceropegia candelabrum

Candelabra tree or lustre vine, Ceropegia candelabrum, India and Sri Lanka. Climbing plant noted for its poisonous seeds and latex which are used in medicine. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giuseppe Bianchi after Cesare Majoli from Giovanni Hill's Decade di alberi curiosi ed eleganti piante, Decade of Curious and Elegant Trees and Plants, Nella Stamperia Salomoni, Rome, 1786. It had first been published by John Hill in London in 1773

1786 18th Century Botanical Illustration Cesare Majoli Exotic Plant Giovanni Hill Giuseppe Bianchi John Hill Latex Natural History Nella Stamperia Salomoni Plant Hunter Poisonous Seeds Sri Lanka Useful Plant

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