Botanical Name

Dialium guineense Willd. [Fabaceae]

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 1663–1981

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. VAHLII. Dialium Thonning e Guinea no. 105

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 21 III 7

Codarium nitidum Sol. ex Vahl SYNTYPE. Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 1: 302 (1804)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 105; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Joj-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]; Black tamarind [European]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 35:] "The mealy pulp of the fruit has a pleasant acidity and soaked in water is a very medicinal drink for fever patients. The wood yields good charcoal for the forge and for other uses. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003575

C10003575

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)