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Description: An illustration and description of a Cinnamomum tree in a 10th-century Arabic manuscript of Dioscorides’ De Materia Medica. Dioscorides wrote that cinnamon was useful in combating a number of illnesses, from coughs to kidney diseases. STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, LEIDEN / WERNER FORMAN / ART RESOURCE
Title: Cinnamomum tree in a 10th century Arabic manuscript
Credit: http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200504/the.leek-green.sea.htm
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