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Photographer: Andrew Ruppenstein
Taken: June 18, 2017
Caption: De Hortus Marker - Wide View, Looking South from Plantage Middenlaan
Additional Description: The marker is visible on the right corner of the building.

"Hortus Botanicus's initial collection was amassed during the 17th century through plants and seeds brought back by traders of the East India Company (VOC) for use as medicines and for their possibilities for commerce. A single coffee plant, Coffea arabica, in Hortus's collection served as the parent for the entire coffee culture in Central and South America....Likewise, two small potted oil palms brought back by the VOC from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean, produced seeds after six years, and these were propagated throughout all of Southeast Asia, becoming a major source of revenue in the Dutch East Indies and now in Indonesia." - Wikipedia
Submitted: July 10, 2017, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p388690
File Size: 2.499 Megabytes

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