Botanical Name

Canavalia rosea (Sw.) DC. [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 1663–1909

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 37 I 2-3.

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 341

Common Names

Ammba-pang [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 85:] "The natives make use at times of the stem for tying. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003793

C10003793

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)