Jalap Plant (Ipomoea purga) - Köhler, 19th century. (Flower Wall Art)
This print feels calm, clear, and easy to live with. You get the whole plant, the flower, and the big tuberous root all on one page, so it reads like a real study sheet but still works as warm wall art in a kitchen, office, or hallway.
About this print
This illustration comes from Köhler’s Medizinal-Pflanzen, a late nineteenth century German herbal published in three volumes in 1887, 1890, and 1898, with color images produced by chromolithography. It was made to help people recognize medicinal plants quickly, so the layout stays practical: one main stem, the underground root that matters, and smaller labeled details that explain what you are looking at.
Ipomoea purga is a morning glory relative from Mexico, and it grows from a thick storage root. That root is where the common name “jalap” comes from, since it was traded historically as a strong purgative. The interesting part is how the page balances two worlds at once: it is pretty enough to frame, but it still feels like someone made it for real use, like a careful note you would keep in a book.
If you like this “medicine book” style where beauty and labeled detail sit together, Pomegranate continues the same feel, but shifts from root structure to fruit and cross sections.
Craft & finish
This jalap plant print is made on hand-processed paper, highlighted with subtle gold and sealed with beeswax for an authentic parchment feel. Please note that colors can look slightly different from screen to screen.
Find more prints like this in the Botanical Art collection.
Ipomoea purga (Köhler, 19th century.) - Vintage Botanical Print
In case your print creases during the travel, as it usually does travel for some time, you can safely warm it up with a hair-dryer, and the wax will melt back right into it. You can also use a lighter, which is a much faster method, but be careful to keep the flame either above the paper or parallel to it (which means holding the paper vertically) so it doesn't smudge or even catch fire. The chance of the print actually creasing is very small, as they are rolled in bubble-wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. Also, be sure to keep the print out of the direct sunlight, as it can melt or fade.
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