Botanical Name

Triumfetta rhomboidea Jacq. [Tiliaceae]

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 1663–2041

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On back of sheet: 25. Triumfetta (rhombea ?:crossed out) an variet: ved sumitas fructisera T.
mollis ? Guin. D. Thon

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 107 II 3-4

Triumfetta mollis Schumach. and Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 238 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 25

Common Names

Toubé [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 126:] "The root is used for sores from Guinea worms. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004657

C10004657

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)