Botanical Name

Datura metel L. var. [Solanaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

southern part of the country [Ghana: Frederiksberg]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2083

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 35 I 3-4.

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning [no. 305]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 120:] "The natives owing to its rarity were unaware of its poisonous properties."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003760

C10003760

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)