Botanical Name

Gardenia ternifolia Schumach. & Thonn. [Rubiaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1786

Collection Location

Fida [Benin: Ouidah]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1950

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: Arbor nana. Medicinalis apud nigretis.

Label1: Gardenia medicinalis L. in Sylvis Fida Guineae 86

Label2: Vahl Legit Isert 1786

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 43 III 3-4

Type Status: Gardenia medicinalis Vahl ex Schumach. HOLOTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 148 (1827)

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 107:] "According to Isert the natives make use of it in different illnesses."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003876

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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