Botanical Name

Lonchocarpus cyanescens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Benth. [Fabaceae]

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 1663–1883

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: Robinia cyanescens Schum & Thonn. J.L./1875 Milletia sp. Hook. Nig. Fl. Lonchocarpus
cyanescens Bth. leg. Thonning in Guinea

Label1: 1. Rob. violacea /div./ pedic. racem or ?? fol. 7 glabris caule inermi:

Label2: Rob. indigofera

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 92 II 5

Robinia cyanescens Schumach. and Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 351 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 77

Common Names

Akassi [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 94-95:] "The root is used as in the foregoing [Robinia multiflora] [...] The root is beaten out to a soft sponge which the natives use for washing with [...] The leaves are crushed and applied to old leg-injuries for cleansing the wound. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004477

C10004477

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)