Botanical Name

Waltheria indica L. [Sterculiaceae]

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 1663–2058

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: 10. Walthera (indica ?? m: crossed out) guineensis m: Collect: Guin: D. Th:

On label: Monograph of Waltheria (Sterculiaceae) Waltheria indica L. complex det. J.G. Saunders
Aug. 1995 The University of Texas at Austin (TEX LL)

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 110 III 5-6

Waltheria guineensis Schumach. and Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 295 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 10

Common Names

Fufuba [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 124:] "When the leaves are dried and used as tea they resemble in taste the flowers of Verbascum and have the same action. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004704

C10004704

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)