Curtis Botanical – Plate 8489 – Three-lobed Snailseed

Original antique black-and-white botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine — Plate 8489.

Plant: Cocculus Trilobus (Three-lobed Snailseed). Native to: East Asia (China / Japan / Korea).

A twining vine named for its snail-shell-shaped seeds. Used in traditional East Asian medicine for centuries — modern research has confirmed biologically active alkaloids. Relatives of this family grew across North America and Europe before the last ice age.

Printed in London. Each print is an original page removed from a bound volume of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the world's oldest continuously published botanical journal (founded 1787). Uncolored plate. Sold individually. Minor age-related toning consistent with 19th-century paper.

This plate originated with the Royal Horticultural Society and passed through Wheldon & Wesley, one of the great natural history dealers of the 20th century. We came into the archive by accident and have spent the time since trying to share it as widely as we can.