Botanical Name

Dialium guineense Willd. [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1783 – 1786

Collection Location

Accra [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1929

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Dialium guineense n.d. L. Acra Guinae.

Label2: cf. Willdenow in Römer: Archiv für die Botanik 1796 page 30-32 t.6

Label3: page 31: " Dialium guineense panicula supradecomposita erecta---------. Die zweyte enteckte
der Herr Kapitain Isert in Guinea." (Oct. 1956.: crossed out)

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 35 III 5

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

C10003770

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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