RMP55T07–Caryocar nuciferum. Fruits of the Souari, Pekea-nut or butter-nut tree. Native to South America.. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's 'The Botanical Magazine' 1827.. William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' 'Botanical Magazine' from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Dalton. Hooker documented the fern and orchid crazes that sho
RM2AJ64NY–The treasury of botany: a popular dictionary of the vegetable kingdom; with which is incorporated a glossary of botanical terms . stinguished by its flowershaving free petals, and only four styles,and by its leaves being always opposite ;the other genus, Anthodiscus, havingcohering petals, numerous styles, andoften alternate leaves. There are abouteight species of Caryocar, all large hard-wooded trees, growing in the tropicalregions of South America. The mostinteresting is C.nuciferum, which producesthe Souari or Butter-nuts, occasionally metwith in English fruit-shops. These nut3are shaped so
RMBFA1BG–Sawari (Caryocar nuciferum) close-up bark Iwokrama Rainforest Guiana Shield Guyana South America October
RMP55TB5–Caryocar nuciferum. . Souari or butter-nut plant with large deep chocolate-brown flower. Native to South America.. . Illustration by WJ Hooker, engraved by Swan. Handcolored copperplate engraving from William Curtis's 'The Botanical Magazine' 1827.. . William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) was an English botanist, writer and artist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at Glasgow University, and editor of Curtis' 'Botanical Magazine' from 1827 to 1865. In 1841, he was appointed director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, and was succeeded by his son Joseph Dalton. Hooker documented the fern and orc
RMBFA1G8–Sawari (Caryocar nuciferum) close-up bark Iwokrama Rainforest Guiana Shield Guyana South America October