Botanical Name

Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hook. f. ex Benth. [Rutaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1785

Collection Location

Accra [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1859

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On back of sheet: HB. VALHII. [sp.] nov. Octandr. monogyn. no.(104: crossed out) 87 Diar. it. p.
98. Amyris? Habitat in Guinea lecta Accra 1785.

On sheet: Cl. anisata

On label: DET. Tyôzaburô Tanaka. Revision of Citrateae. Clausena anisata (Willd.) Hk.f. No. K 53
1928.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 5 III 7 - 6 I 1-2

Type Status: Amyris anisata Willd. Sp. Pl. (Willd.) 2(1): 337 (1799)

Ownership and Collection Management History

ex herb. Martin Vahl

Common Names

Abami-tio or Abami-aulage-tio [Schumacher/Thonning]; Anistree [European]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 113:] The whole plant has an anise-like odour and taste; especially the leaves flowers and seed; the root less and the wood least. The leaves boiled in water are commonly used against internal sickness in a warm bath; in all inflammatory illnesses the bath is harmful. An infusion of the root is drunk in various stomach disorders. For facial swellings (Aboa in the Akkra language) the root is finely macerated with lemon juice and grains-of-Paradise [Aframomum] and smeared over the face."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003328

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY-NC 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)