Botanical Name

Corchorus tridens 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 1663–2053

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: 137. Corchorus angustifolius (bidens m. ded.: crossed out) Th. Collectan: Guin: D.Th:

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 26 I 1-2

Corchorus angustifolius Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 244 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 137

Common Names

Koina-fye [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 125:] "The leaves are eaten by the natives as cabbage. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003644

C10003644

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)