Botanical Name

Eugenia coronata Schumach. & Thonn. [Myrtaceae]

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 1663–1943

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 40 II 5.

Common Names

Amuma [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 79:] "The natives eat the fruit. Near the shore it is scarcely an ell in height; but inland it is as large as Prunus spinosa with which it has at a distance much resemblance when in flower. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003831

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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