Botanical Name

Cola verticillata (Thonn.) Stapf ex A. Chev. [Sterculiaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

Aquapim [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2064

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. VAHLII Sterculia verticillata Guin. D. Th.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 105 I 3-4

Remark: The data on the locality is taken from Hepper F.N. (1976) The West African Herbaria of Isert and Thonning

Sterculia verticillata Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 240 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 283; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Kjaelae [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 123:] "The fruit is chewed by the aborigines; it has a bitter astringent taste and colours the saliva carmine-red. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004617

C10004617

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)