Botanical Name

Ficus exasperata Vahl [Moraceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1785

Collection Location

Guineae [Ghana; Togo; or Benin]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1945

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1(scrips.Isert): Ficus aspera n.d. 1. Fida Guineae 85.
Label2: Ficus exasperata Vahl det. Warburg Leg. Isert 1785.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 42 II 4

Type Status: Ficus exasperata Vahl HOLOTYPE. Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 2: 197 (1805)

Common Names

sandpaper tree [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003859

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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