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8. Kaempferia rotunda L. ZINGIBERACEAE Hindi: bhumichampa, भूमी चम्पा This plant is a member of the ginger family from tropical South-East Asia. It is widely cultivated, and possibly also native,…
…Work of Robert Wight. Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Noltie, H.J. (2011). John Hope (1725–1786). Edinburgh: Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Noltie, H.J. (2016a). The Cleghorn Collection: South Indian botanical drawings…
…most extensive and important distribution of plant specimens ever made. It is particularly valued as the basis of botanical documentation in many parts of south and southeast Asia, especially Bangladesh,…
19. Carex baccans Nees CYPERACEAE Whereas most sedges have green or brown fruits, this species is unusual in having brightly coloured ones. Although the specific name ‘baccans’ means bearing ‘berries’,…
…in cultural heritage organisations hosted by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. What: After the crowds disperse: crowdsourced data rediscovered and researched Where: Zoom hosted by Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh When: Tuesday…
Emile de Bruijn What a wonderful example of living botanical heritage. In my research into Chinese wallpaper imported into Britain I have found that wallpapers featuring paeonies, shown together with…
In collaboration with New York Botanic Garden, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is producing the first botanical inventory of the highly diverse Northern Forest Complex in the Hkakaborazi-Hponganrazi landscape, Myanmar….
…wild plants. Harvesting of the trial plots in Edinburgh at the Botanics, Hermitage Vegetable Garden and Redhall Walled Garden will happen on the 10th of September. The Cruickshank Botanic Garden…
Dr Alexander Demidov (Director of the Main Botanic Garden) & Ms Svetlana Potapova (Academic Secretary of the Russian Council of Botanic Gardens) visited the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Herbarium (E)…
61. Rhododendron macabeanum Watt ex I.B. Balfour ERICACEAE Plate by Stella Ross-Craig, from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine One of the most handsome of the large rhododendrons, which can reach a height…
Despite the cold weather colour is coming into the garden. This is Rhododendron X praecox growing by Imverleith House. RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet Accession Number:19698794 Scientific Name:Rhododendron Praecox grex…
…plants,” Díaz contends. “We are not really ourselves without them.” A global spectrum A recent assessment by scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shows that plants as a whole…
17. Trachycarpus latisectus Spanner, Noltie and Gibbons PALMAE The Windamere palm On an RBGE expedition in 1992 two trees of this hardy palm were spotted growing outside the Windamere Hotel,…
…have been conducted here at the Botanics, by the Edible Gardening Project team, and at Redhall Walled Garden and Hermitage Vegetable Garden. A newcomer for 2015 has been Glasgow Botanic…
…the Garden by A. McL. May in an article titled “Birds of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh” published in Journal of the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden Guild 1(1): 32-33 (1914)….
27. Crinum asiaticum L. AMARYLLIDACEAE Hindi: Nagadamani, नागदामिनी This large, bulbous herb is widely cultivated in the tropics, and as a hothouse plant in temperate regions. It is native to…
45. Clematis montana De Candolle RANUNCULACEAE A widespread and very variable Sino-Himalayan species, this is one of the best-known Himalayan plants in British gardens, occurring in a variety of forms…
Herbal supplements are ‘big’ business – the global herbal supplements and remedies market is forecast to reach $107 billion USD in 2017. A recent press release by the American Botanical…
…perfect location for (L-R) botanical artists Sarah Roberts, Işik Gűner and Jacqui Pestell to paint their triptych of Sabal mexicana, which had been housed in the Tropical Palm House for…
http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00024207 © Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 2020 CC BY 4.0 license. The Dreadnought, 104 Guns, until recently lying off Greenwich (repro ID pu6061). By Edward William Cooke, circa 1857 ©…