Botanical Name

Lantana camara L. [Verbenaceae]

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 1663–2032

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. HORN. e guinea d. Dom. Thonning

On label: Lantana guineensis

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 64 I 7 - II 1

Label1: Iither not a type or an Iso TYPE of: Lantana antidotalis Schum. & Thonn in Schum. Beskr. Guin. Pl.276. 1827. Apparently chit annotation in Thonning's hand. Label in unknown hand. Rogers W. Sanders 2 Feb. 2006 Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Lantana antidotalis Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 276 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 125; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Common Names

Nanni-kumi [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 129:] "The leaves have a powerful odour. When a native is bitten by a snake which usually occurs in the foot he immediately tries to stop the circulation of blood by tying a band round the leg as tight as possible; he then looks for a doctor who orders certain superstitious treatments and the use of some medicinal plants. In this case the leaves of this plant are often used in a warm bath and the root is finely macerated with grains-of-Paradise [Aframomum] and lemon-juice and rubbed over the whole body so that the poison shall not spread. At the same time the doctor has some medicine prepared for internal use which I do not know. The root of this shrub will be intermixed with it. Finally he performs some conjuring tricks in order in a secret way to get rid of the snake's teeth which the natives believe are in the wound. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004116

C10004116

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)