Botanical Name

Sesamum alatum Thonn. [Pedaliaceae]

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 1663–2120

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: Sesamum indicum Hy in Folia saepe divisa semina ?? emarginata apice uti basi
membranacea alternis Semina compressa ovata radiat?? rugosa Thonning e Guinea Pedal

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 98 I 7- II 1

Sesamum alatum Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 284 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 277

Common Names

Otru [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 102-103:] "Made use of as the foregoing [i.e. S. radiatum] [...] The leaves are used as cabbage either by themselves or mixed with others. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004533

C10004533

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)