Botanical Name

Nauclea latifolia Sm. [Rubiaceae]

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 1663–2107

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. HORN. Cephalina Thonn. Genus afine Nauclea e Morinda in Guinea leg. Thonning

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 18 I 6-7

Sarcocephalus esculentus Afzel. ex Sabine. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 442 (1824)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 84; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Common Names

Baabylaa-najrié [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 109:] "The natives eat the ripe fruit; which is slightly acid. Th."; cf. also Fl. Trop. Africa 3: 381 (1877)

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004493

C10004493

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)