Botanical Name

Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) Kuntze [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 1663–2109

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 108 II 1-2.

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 16

Common Names

Kiná-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 108:] "The wood is hard; fine; yellowish with reddish veins and takes a very handsome polish."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004662

C10004662

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)