Trade, ecology, and plants: Words from the 18th century Dutch "Indian letters"

In the Nationaal Archief in The Hague there is a handwritten dictionary tucked away in the boxes with the private estate of a late 19th century history professor and archivist (1.13.04 - 1240 - Collectie Heeres). The "collection of words" from 1758 explains foreign terms used in the so-called Indian letters by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) that had been borrowed from languages between Persian and Japanese. Among the various entries relating to plants, there are terms that describe local .