Plantes – Pflanzen. 1. Fruit du Vaquois – Frucht des Wakua. [Fruit of the Wakua/Vacoa]. 2. du Papaya – des Papaya. [The Papaya]. 3. du Rima – des Rima. [The Rima]. 4. de la Flindersie – der Flindersia. [The Flindersia]. 5. Plante pour enivrer et prendre le poison – Berauschende und giftige Pflanze. [Narcotic and Poisonous Plants]

Description

steel engraving botanical print from ‘L’Univers. Histoire et Description de Tous Les Peuples.: Océanie [History and Description of the Peoples of the World] Cinquième Partie du Monde. [Fifth Chapter of the World]‘, vol. 1, pl. 2.

A 19th-century botanical illustration depicting various flora and fruits found across Oceania and parts of Asia.
1) Fruit du Vaquois (Fruit of the Wakua/Vacoa): The compound, aggregate fruit of the Pandanus(screwpine) tree, commonly known in French colonial botany as the vacoa.
2) Du Papaya (The Papaya): The nutrient-rich, melon-like fruit of the Carica papaya tree, native to the tropics of the Americas and widely naturalized across Asia and Oceania.
3) Du Rima (The Rima): The traditional Austronesian and Tagalog name for the breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis), a starchy, staple tropical fruit in the mulberry and jackfruit family.
4) De la Flindersie (The Flindersia): The seed capsule or fruit of Flindersia, a genus of trees belonging to the citrus/rue family (Rutaceae) native to Australia, Asia, and the Pacific region, named after explorer Matthew Flinders.
5) Plante pour enivrer (Narcotic and Poisonous Plants): An absolute literal translation for an “inebriating plant.