Accession No

5170

Brief Description

botanical teaching diagram depicting Phaseolus coccineus flower and fruit, by Dodel-Port

Origin

Maker

Dodel-Port

Class

natural history; prints

Earliest Date

Latest Date

Inscription Date

Material

paper; cloth

Dimensions

breadth 883mm; height 642mm

Special Collection

Botanical teaching diagrams from Dept. of Plant Sciences

Provenance

Transferred from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, in 06/2008. On loan from the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, from 01/1994.

Inscription

Description Notes

Phaseolus coccineus: flower and fruit. Maker Dodel-Port

Colour printed botanical teaching diagram depicting the fruit and flowers of Phaseolus coccineus, the runner bean. The wall chart consists of 8 separate diagrams. Figure 1 shows the plant climbing up a bean pole whilst figure 2 shows a close-up view of a flowering branch of the plant and figure 3 a close-up of a single flower. Figure 4 shows the flower with several petals removed to expose the carpel and stamen. The central diagram (figure 6) is a schematic cross sectional representation of the flower and developing bean. The final figure shows the mature bean hanging from the plant.

The paper is backed onto cloth for support.

Good condition.

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