Botanical Name

Grewia carpinifolia Juss. [Tiliaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1784

Collection Location

Guinea [S Ghana; S Togo; or SW Benin]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1955

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 48 III 2.

Common Names

Asi-gremi [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 125:] "The pulp of the berry is slightly acid; is eaten by children. The young shoots are used as cabbage. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003930

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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