Botanical Name

Dialium guineense Willd. [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1783 – 1786

Collection Location

e Guinea [Ghana: southern part of the country]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1928

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On label: Dialium guineense e guinea legit Isert

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 35 III 4

Type Status: Dialium guineense Willd. SYNTYPE. Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1: 30-32 (1796)

Common Names

Joj-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]; Black tamarind [European]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 35:] "The mealy pulp of the fruit has a pleasant acidity and soaked in water is a very medicinal drink for fever patients. The wood yields good charcoal for the forge and for other uses. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003769

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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