Botanical Name

Afraegle paniculata (Schumach. & Thonn.) Engl. [Rutaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

southern part of the country [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2106

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. VAHLII. Citrus ternata Spinæ solitariæ rectæ sæpe 4pollicares. Panicula bipollicaris
axillaris. Petala 4or. Bacca magna pulpa resinosa plena. Semina 8-10

On label: DET. Tyôzabutô Tanaka. Revision of Citrateae. Balsamocitrus paniculata (Schum.) Swingle
1928 N° K 412

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 20 III 4-5

Citrus paniculata Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 378 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 291; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Koklo-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 112:] "The fruit is collected by natives and burnt to an ash from which a lye is extracted which is boiled with palm oil to make soap. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003551

C10003551

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)