Psychotria Uliginosa — Antique Botanical Illustration, c. 1780

This distinctive botanical study presents Psychotria uliginosa through a finely observed flowering and fruiting branch accompanied by a separately illustrated underground structure. Olive-green leaves, delicate branching details, and vivid red fruits create a restrained focal point above the richly textured brown root or tuber below.

Dating from around 1780, the plate combines scientific observation with the elegant simplicity of eighteenth-century natural-history illustration. Generous negative space emphasizes each botanical element, while the warm ivory ground and subdued hand-colored palette preserve the quiet historical character of the original work.

Artwork Details

• Artist: Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
• Title: Psychotria Uliginosa
• Original title: Psychotria uliginosa
• Series: Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia
• Date: c. 1780
• Period: 18th century
• Place of Origin: Vienna (Vindobonae), Austria
• Medium: Historical hand-colored botanical illustration

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