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Les Liliacées: Kaempferia longa

Pierre-Joseph Redouté

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image shows a colorful botanical illustration of a plant with large green and purple leaves. The plant has two large leaves that are green on top and purple underneath, with a pointed tip. The plant's roots are visible, with several thin brown roots extending from the base of the plant. Two bulbs are visible at the base of the plant, wrapped in a light-brown material. A small flower with white and purple petals is emerging from the base of the leaves. There are several smaller, grayscale drawings of the plant's parts around the main image, including a flower with four petals, a long stem with a flower bud, and several seed pods. The background of the image is a light beige color. The text "Kaempferia Longa" is written in cursive at the bottom of the image, in two places.

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