Botanical Name

Ehretia corymbosa Bojer ex A. DC. [Boraginaceae]

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 1663–1940

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 39 II 3.

Common Names

Lavasá [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 32:] "The longest branches are used as anchor-bands. The natives chew the wood along with the seeds of Sterculia verticillata from which is produced a red colour which is used for fetish-ornaments; amulets etc. The flowers smell like Galium verum."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003819

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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