Botanical Name

Spondias mombin L. [Anacardiaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1783 – 1786

Collection Location

Whydah [Benin: Ouidah]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1867

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 47 III 2

Common Names

Adodomi [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 24:] "The fruit has a pleasant wine-sour taste; but quickly affects the teeth. The leaves are boiled in water for a vapour bath against dropsy. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003363

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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