Botanical Name

Nauclea latifolia Sm. [Rubiaceae]

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 1663–2108

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. VAHLII Cephalina esculenta Thonn. Novum genus 5andro monogyna affine. Nauclea
capsulis polyspermis Thonnin e Guinea

On label: (Sariocepalus) Cephalina ?? 281

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 18 I 5

Sarcocephalus esculentus Afzel. ex Sabine. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 105 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 84; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Baabylaa-najrié [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 109:] "The natives eat the ripe fruit; which is slightly acid. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004492

C10004492

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)