Botanical Name

Blighia sapida K.D. Koenig [Sapindaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1785

Collection Location

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

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1921

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC. microfiche foto Isert et Thonning nr. 28 III 7.

Common Names

Atia-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]; Vild kaschu (= Wild cashew) [European]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 115:] "The tree is almost the size of an average oak. The receptaculum seminis is eaten as fruit but one must carefully separate the funiculi umbilicales from it; as this latter according to what the natives say is a very powerful poison. The bark is macerated with lemon juice and is used as a poultice or is merely rubbed in on swollen testicles. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003690

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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