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Ti Kouka/Cabbage trees. Capt. Cook used the leaves as soup/vegetable food for his crew to avert scurvy due to Vitamin C deficiency

Photographer:
lomodesbro
Uploaded:
2017-04-08
Tags:
beach clouds coast new zealand ocean reef trees wellington
Camera:
Lomo Lubitel 2
Film:
Ilford FP4+ ISO 125
Lens:
Triplet-22 f 4.5 75mm
City:
Wellington
Country/region:
New Zealand

One Comment

  1. neufotomacher
    neufotomacher ·

    I don't think they knew of Vitamin C, but they must have known some correlation between the soup of this plant and the prevention of scurvy. It's like cured olives-what it must of took to figure how to make something edible though there is no clear reason to pursue such a course.

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