Botanical Name

Phyllanthus sublanatus Schumach. & Thonn. [Euphorbiaceae]

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 1663–1943

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. HORN. 37 Phyllanthus e Guinea Thonn. Phyllanthus amarus Schum. J.L./1861.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 84 I 3 + 84 I 4-5

Phyllanthus sublanatus Schumach. and Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 420 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 37; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 60:] "The bitter taste which the following species [i.e. P. amarus] has is not found in this one; the natives distinguish it therefrom by the green leaf-stalk which however is not a sure character. The older the plant is the more downy are the leaves; the young plant is often quite naked. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004365

C10004365

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)