Botanical Name

Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. [Convolvulaceae]

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 1663–1961

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC. microfiche foto Isert et Thonning nr. 24 III 4.

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 21

Common Names

Löloa-pang [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 47:] "For dropsy both under the skin and in the abdomen the natives boil the root with some grains-of-Paradise (Guinea pepper) [Aframomum]; for drinking and for external application the root is ground fine with some grains-of-Paradise and a little water and rubbed over the whole body. For gonorrhea virulenta
the root is finely broken up and placed in pytto or palm-wine which is put aside to become sour and then is used for promoting urine. In absence of string the natives use the stems for binding fire wood and such like.

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003628

C10003628

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)