Botanical Name

Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. [Cucurbitaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1783 – 1786

Collection Location

Guinea [S Ghana; S Togo; or SW Benin]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1877

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: L. Fida Guineae 84. Cucumis?

Label2: Leg. Isert 1784

Label3: Flora of Tropical East Africa Kedrostis foetidissima (Jacq.) Cogn. Det. Jeffrey. Kew.
Date 26.8. 1960

Label4: Determinavit F.N. Hepper! Kew 1971

Label5: non fot


Type Status: Bryonia foetidissima Schumach. and Thonn. HOLOTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 428 (1827)

Common Names

Sia-pang [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 51:] "The whole plant is extremely fetid almost like rotting cabbage. It is boiled in water for bathing against tenesmus (bowel straining). Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003421

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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