Botanical Name

Corchorus trilocularis L. [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 1663–2045

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. VAHLII Corchorus muricatus Schum. Thonning e guinea

On label: Corchorus trilocularis L. = C. muricatus Schum. et Thonn Determinavit TYPE F.N. Hepper
1970

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 26 II 3-4

Corchorus muricatus Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 246 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 138; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Koina-fye [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 125:] "Used as the preceding ones [C. polygonus and C. angustifolius] [...] The leaves are eaten by the natives as cabbage. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003649

C10003649

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)