Botanical Name

Cleome rutidosperma DC. [Capparaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1784

Collection Location

Ada [Ghana: Greater Accra Region]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1898

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 21 I 5

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

"In my herbarium is a plant sent from East India by König under the name of Meyera triphylla which is exactly like the Guinea plant here described. S." (Hepper 1976 p. 36)

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003556

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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