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Paper by Joannes a Jesu [John of Jesus, a Jesuit missionary] regarding the benefits offered by the bean of St Ignatius, the fruit of the strychnos ignatii tree, found in the Philippines.

Subject: Botany

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of the vertues of Faba Sti Ignatii, mentioned last transaction'.

Communicated by Georg Joseph Kamel and sent to the Royal Society with Kamel's own account found at CLP/10i/36.

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CLP/10i/37
Earliest possible date
1690s
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paper, 'An account of the vertues of faba Sti Ignatii mentioned last transaction' by Joannes a Jesu, 1690s, CLP/10i/37, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10i_37/paper-an-account-of-the-vertues-of-faba-sti-ignatii-mentioned-last-transaction-by-joannes-a-jesu, accessed on 29 April 2025

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