Botanical Name

Indigofera aspera Perr. ex DC. [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

Quitta [Ghana: Volta Region; Keta]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1899

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. SCHUM. 127. Indigofera linearifolia m: Indigofera tenella Collect: Guin: D. Thonn:
Indigofera senegalensis Lam. J.L./1875

On label(on cover): I. aspera Perr. ex D.C. Determinavit J.B. Gillett 4.2. 55

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 57 III 5-6

Remark: The data on the locality is taken from Hepper F.N. (1976) The West African Herbaria of Isert and Thonning.

Indigofera tenella Schumach. HOLOTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 367 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 127; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 90:] "It is too insignificant in growth to be cultivated usefully. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004069

C10004069

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)