Botanical Name

Blighia sapida K.D. Koenig [Sapindaceae]

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 1663–2098

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: Blighia sapida König Radk.

On back of sheet: HB. VAHLII Cupania edulis novum genus Paulinia affinis Thonning e Guinea 150

On label: Cupania macrocarpa foliolis obovatis subacu: minatir glabris. Th.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 29 I 1-2

Cupania edulis Schumach. and Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 190 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 150; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Atia-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]; Vild kaschu (= Wild cashew) [European]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 115:] "The tree is almost the size of an average oak. The receptaculum seminis is eaten as fruit but one must carefully separate the funiculi umbilicales from it; as this latter according to what the natives say is a very powerful poison. The bark is macerated with lemon juice and is used as a poultice or is merely rubbed in on swollen testicles. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003688

C10003688

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)