Botanical Name

Ocimum canum Sims [Lamiaceae]

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 1663–1937

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. VAHLII Ocymum odoratissimum Caulis suffroticosus a raguso Wild. diversum Thonning
e Guinea hispidulum m: vide Beskrivelser Ocymum canum bot. Mag.

On label: Ocimum canum Sims rev. O. Sebald Stuggart 1986

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonnig nr. 71 III 2-3

Ocimum hispidulum Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 266 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 295; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Koae [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 64:] "The whole plant has an extremely strong and fairly pleasant odour; it is used by the natives in various illnesses mainly such as are attributed to witchcraft or the deceased. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004211

C10004211

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)