Botanical Name

Solanum anomalum Thonn. [Solanaceae]

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 1663–2073

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. SCHUM. 135. Solanum (umbrosum : crossed out) var: inerm: Guin: D Th: tetrandrum Th:
Collector ramus adultior. certe alia species cum folia non sint undulato-sinuata et caulis cum
partibus reliquis aculeis vel spicis fere destituæ sunt

On label: Solanum anomalum Thonn. det. Bitter

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 101 II 2-3

Solanum anomalum Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 126 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 135; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Common Names

Asogagaplae or Sissa-sussoa [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 121:] "The natives use the juice of the berries to smear on sores of the ear."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004570

C10004570

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)