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 1663–1884

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: e Guinea Thonning. Lonchocarpus cyanescens Benth. det. H. Harms

On label: Robinia indigofera Racemis terminalis: compos: foliocis 9 subtur glabris pedunculo
leguminiburum subpubescentibus Th.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 92 II 6

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

C10004478

C10004478

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)