Botanical Name

Melia azedarach L. [Meliaceae]

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 1663–1926

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet(scrips. Schum.): 59 Melia (Azedarach intermedia m: an sempervirensWilld: crossed out) M.
angustifolia m: Collect: Guin: D. Thon

IDC microfiche foto: Type Herbarium nr. 67 I 3-4

Melia angustifolia Schumach. and Thonn. HOLOTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 214 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 59

Common Names

chinaberry [English]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 74:] "Cultivated." "The seed has come from Elmina; presumably brought there from the West Indies. The flowers have a pleasant odour like that of lilac. Among all trees this one suffers most from the attacks of Loranthus umbellatus. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004157

C10004157

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)