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Savory to sweet, cakes to chips, the banana is our #5AWeek for today. Musa x paradisiaca (banana) is an important fruit crop that has been cultivated for centuries. Originally found in South East Asia, Carl Linnaeus became the first person to encourage… 1/2

Today in our #5AWeek: Is it a melon? Is it a tomato?
No. it is a persimmon. This is an American persimmon from François André Michaux’s ‘The North American Sylva’ Persimmons are high in fibre and have a sweet, almost peach-like taste when ripe. If they are not ripe…🧵1/4

#WorldPulsesDay & here is a plate of Pisum sativum L. /Field pea from Thomas Martyn’s Thirty-eight plates; illustrated by Frederick Nodder. The pea was named by Linnaeus & is one of the oldest pulse crops. Pulses break disease/weed cycles linked with cereals & replenish nitrogen.

Alfred R. Wallace was born today in 1823. Happy birthday!
You can find images of his natural history notebooks and journals held at the Linnean Society of London here: https://t.co/dx4PxCj3uO

Our Society Papers, presented at general meetings for peer review, cover various topics of #science, and are often accompanied by wonderful #drawings. #ExploreArchives #ExploreYourArchives

A self-taught naturalist with no formal education, Catesby spent years trekking through present-day Virginia, Georgia, the Carolinas, West Indies and Bahamas, making sketches and taking notes on the animals, plants and the environment he was enthralled to discover. @UofSC 2/4

. @fungi_flowers says that herbarium specimens of orchids look like car crashes, EXCEPT a certain kind. Can you guess which one? this podcast, Mark Spencer, Hon. Curator botany, tells us about the work being done to combat illegal trade of orchids.
Listen! https://t.co/bZm8qoLKbI

This is another botanical plate from our collections. This was drawn by Berthe Hoola van Nooten for "Fleurs, Fruits et Feuillages Choisis de l'Ile de Java" in 1863-64. Her plates followed precedents set by Maria Sibylla Merian and Elizabeth Blackwell. #chocolateday #botanical

Happy #ChocolateDay to all! Theobroma (Food of the Gods) cocoa, looks very different from a foil covered choco bar. Here is an illustration from Köhler's Medicinal Plants, written by Hermann Adolph Köhler (1834 - 1879, physician & chemist) #chocolate #naturalhistory

Continuing with our #insect theme for #NIW2020: 48 beautiful #watercolour drawings of plants, #insects and spiders created by Indian artists and collected by William Carey (1761-1834)
#InsectWeek #Entomology #likeinsects #Archivecatalogueupdate
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