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 1663–2075

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. VAHLII Solanum edule ? Thonning e Guinea

On label: Solanum anomalum Thonn. det. Bitter

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 101 II 6-7

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

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 135; ex herb. Martin Vahl

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

C10004572

C10004572

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)