Botanical Name

Plumbago zeylanica L. [Plumbaginaceae]

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 1663–2113

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 85 III 5-6.

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 7

Common Names

Ceylon leadwort [English]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 104:] "The natives do not know the medicinal use of this plant as a vesicatorium."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004388

C10004388

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)