Botanical Name

Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss. [Amaranthaceae]

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 1663–2009

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: Ach. scandens 163. Achyranthes scandens an echinata? Guin. D. Th. mollis. m: Collect.
nam Ach. scandens Roxb. alia planta

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 2 II 2-3

Achyranthes mollis Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 137 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 163

Common Names

Mem'lemeté [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 23:] "From the whole plant an ash-dye is prepared which natives use for painting blue. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003287

C10003287

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)