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MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN (1647-1717)

Branch of Banana with Bullseye Moth

1702-03

RCIN 921166

The banana tree is not indigenous to South America, but was introduced by the Spanish from South-East Asia and cultivated for its fruit. Merian commented: ‘this fruit is known in America as the Banana; it is used like an apple, and has a pleasant flavour like apples in Holland; it is good both cooked and raw’.


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