Botanical Name

Cissus quadrangularis L. [Vitaceae]

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 1663–2028

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: = Cissus bifida Sch. e Thonn. scr. J. Grøntved

Label1: Cissus 4angul. L. folia in ?? ??

Label2: Thonning in Guineæ

Label3: Cissus quadrangularis L. det. E. Gilg et M. Brandt Okt. 1910

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 20 II 3



Remark: Not a type according to F.N. Hepper

Cissus bifida Schumach. and Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 80 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 301

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 130:] "The leaves crushed and mixed with lemon juice are applied to swellings caused by Guinea worms; Filaria medinensis. This medicine is also used for treating the illness the inhabitants call Anasarea (a kind of aquaeous sickness) when it is mixed with crushed grains-of-Paradise [Aframomum] and rubbed into the whole body. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003544

C10003544

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)