Botanical Name

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

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1784

Collection Location

Christiansborg [Ghana: Greater Accra Region; Osu]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1860

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Clausena lecta Christianoburgi Guineæ 1794.

Label2: DET. Tyôzaburô Tanaka. Revision of Citrateae. Clausena anisata (Willd.) HK. f. No. K 51
1928.

Label3: Leg. Isert.

Label4: Cl. anisata

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 6 I 3

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

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

C10003329

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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