Botanical Name

Flacourtia flavescens Willd. [Flacourtiaceae]

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 1663–1941

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. LIEBM. Flacourtia edulis Schum. e Guinea Th.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 42 III 7

Flacourtia edulis Schumach. and Thonn. HOLOTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 450 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 55; ex herb. Frederik M. Liebmann

Common Names

Amagomi [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 61:] "Near the coast they are seldom more than 2 ft. high; below the mountains on the other hand and on the mountains themselves they are much over a man’s height and the trunk attains the thickness of an arm. The wood is reddish; hard and fine and very twisted. The berries are among the best wild fruits; the pulp is sweetish; mealy; and can be enjoyed in as large a quantity as one likes without harm. The berry which grows near the coast is far more pleasing than that which comes from the fertile mountains; the same is the case with most fruits such as pineapples; oranges; guavas etc.; they are much smaller but much sweeter and richer in taste. The young leaves are put in pytto which is set in the sun to become sour and is drunk thus in cases of gonorrhea for expelling urine. In wasting cough a portion of the leaves is taken and some malage [? melagueta; Aframomum] in the mouth and is chewed; the juice is swallowed with cold water. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003866

C10003866

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)