Botanical Name

Amaranthus polystachyus Willd. [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 1663–2011

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 4 II 7 + III 1

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 267

Common Names

Maajaa (of Guinea inhabitants) [Schumacher/Thonning]; Kuppei Kirei [Tamil]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 21:] "The leaves almost exactly resemble spinach when prepared. The natives collect the wild plants. Th." "The Guinea plant agrees entirely with specimens from East Indies. S."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003321

C10003321

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)