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English: [Four drawings of plants from Malacca from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings].   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Unknown authorUnknown author (anonymous Chinese artists).
Title
English: [Four drawings of plants from Malacca from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings].
Description
English: Four watercolour drawings of plants from Malacca commissioned by William Farquhar. Clockwise from top left, they are:
  • "Nauclea Gambir (Hunter) now Uncaria Gambir; Gambeer or Gambare; Pokok Gambir [in Jawi]". Gambier (Uncaria gambir, known in Malay as gambir). Its leaves are added to betel leaves (Piper betle) and slices of areca nut (Areca catechu) and chewed as a mild stimulant.
  • "Lava Etam (Malay); Black Pepper; Piper Nigrum; Lada Hitam [in Jawi]". Black pepper (Piper nigrum; Malay lada hitam).
  • "Doorean; Durio stercorae; D. zibethina Linn; Durian [in Jawi]". Durian (Durio zibethinus).
  • "Pendarahan; Pendarahan [in Jawi]". Wild nutmeg (Gymnacranthera farquhariana or Myristica farquhariana; Malay pendarahan). This is the only plant that is currently named after William Farquhar.
Date between 1819 and 1823
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1823-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium watercolor on paper
medium QS:P186,Q22915256;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions

Gambier. 38.5 × 54.5 cm (15.1 × 21.4 in).

Wild nutmeg. 39.5 × 29 cm (15.5 × 11.4 in).
institution QS:P195,Q632689
Current location
Goh Seng Choo Gallery.
Singapore.
Accession number

Gambier. Royal Asiatic Society: RAS016.326; National Museum of Singapore: SHM1995.2997.

Wild nutmeg. Royal Asiatic Society: RAS016.091; National Museum of Singapore: SHM1995.2864.
Object history See Natural History Drawings below, pp. 32–33.
Inscriptions

Gambier. Front: "Nauclea Gambir (Hunter) now Uncaria Gambir / Gambeer or Gambare / Pokok Gambir [in Jawi]. From the leaves of this shrub the Gambeer is prepared which most of the Indians chew with Betle leaf." Back: crude drawing of a three-masted square-rigged ship.

Wild nutmeg. "Pendarahan / Pendarahan [in Jawi]".
Notes

Gambier. "Drawings of Plants from Malacca" no. 8 in the Royal Asiatic Society's collection.
Wild nutmeg. "Drawings of Rattans, Forest Trees and Plants from Malacca" no. 37.

For information on the black pepper and durian, see "File:Lava Etam (Malay); Black Pepper; Piper Nigrum (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg" and "File:Doorean; Durio stercorae; D. zibethina Linn (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg".
References

Gambier.

Wild nutmeg.

Source/Photographer [1].
Other versions Lava Etam (Malay); Black Pepper; Piper Nigrum (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg Doorean; Durio stercorae; D. zibethina Linn (William Farquhar Collection, 1819–1823).jpg

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