Small persimmon, Diospyros vaccinioides. Critically

Small persimmon or vaccinium-like diospyros, Diospyros vaccinioides. Critically endangered. Native to Taiwan and China, introduced by botanist John Potts from China in 1823 to the Horticultural Society. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Joseph Swan after a botanical illustration by John Lindley from William Jackson Hooker's Exotic Flora, William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823-27

Botanical Art Botanical Illustration Botanist Critically Endangered Exotic Flora Horticultural Society John Lindley Joseph Swan Plant Hunter Scientific Illustration Taiwan William Blackwood William Jackson Hooker

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