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Antique Print of the Harvest of Trapa Bicornis or Water Caltrop, 1852Antique Print of the Harvest of Trapa Bicornis or Water Caltrop, 1852Antique Print of the Harvest of Trapa Bicornis or Water Caltrop, 1852Antique Print of the Harvest of Trapa Bicornis or Water Caltrop, 1852

Views of Africa · 19th century

Antique Print of the Harvest of Trapa Bicornis or Water Caltrop, 1852

€ 100

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date
1852
Sheet size
16 × 24 cm (6.3 × 9.4 in)
Condition
Good
Reference
JAK-541

Condition

General age-related toning, blank verso. Please study images carefully.

About this sheet

Antique print titled 'Recolte du Ling (Trapa Bicornis)'. Lithograph depicting the harvest of Trapa Bicornis, or water caltrop. The water caltrop is any of three extant species of the genus Trapa: Trapa natans, Trapa bicornis and the endangered Trapa rossica. It is also known as buffalo nut, bat nut, devil pod, ling nut, lin kok, ling kio nut, mustache nut or singhada. The species are floating annual aquatic plants, growing in slow-moving water up to 5 m deep, native to warm temperate parts of Eurasia and Africa.

This print originates from 'Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe' by L. van Houtte.

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Antique Print of the Harvest of Trapa Bicornis or Water Caltrop, 1852
Antique Print of the Harvest of Trapa Bicornis or Water Caltrop, 1852
1852 · Ref. JAK-541 · € 100
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