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

Item

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 1663–2065
Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status
On sheet: Sterculia verticillata Guin. D. Th.

On back of sheet: 1 Expl. i Hb.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 105 I 5-6

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
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
C10004618
C10004618
Copyright Owner
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Copyright License
CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)

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