Line engraving by Daniel MacKenzie, after
Sydney Parkinson (1768).

Plate 395

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Banks Florilegium, Part 19, Plate 395

Heberdenia bahamensis (Myrsinaceae)

Line engraving by Daniel MacKenzie, after Sydney Parkinson (1768).

Joseph Banks and his party saw this species at:
Funchal, Madeira (13 September - 18 September 1768)

Named after Dr. Thomas Heberden, chief physician in Tenerife and Madeira, this
evergreen tree has green or yellowish-green flowers and purple-black fruits. The
naturalists were told that the wood was used for the keel of boats and the
staves of wine casks. Today it is used for cabinet work.

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