Botanical Name

Eugenia coronata Schumach. & Thonn. [Myrtaceae]

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 1663–1918

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On label: Hb. M. Vahl. Eugenia coronata M. Vahl. Thonning e Guinea 53 Vidi Kiærskou 1892.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 40 III 1

Eugenia coronata Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 230 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 53; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Amuma [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 79:] "The natives eat the fruit. Near the shore it is scarcely an ell in height; but inland it is as large as Prunus spinosa with which it has at a distance much resemblance when in flower. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003830

C10003830

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)