Botanical Name

Jasminum dichotomum Vahl [Oleaceae]

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 1663–1914

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. VAHLII Jasminum dichotomum e guinea Thonning 76

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 61 II 4-5

Jasminum dichotomum Vahl SYNTYPE. Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 1: 26 (1804)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 76; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Jangkumaetri [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 82:] "The natives crush the leaves and apply them in that condition to old bone-injuries after the wound has been cleansed by other means. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004090

C10004090

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)