Botanical Name

Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Mill.) Vahl [Verbenaceae]

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 1663–2026

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 104 I 6-7

Common Names

Lalaaba [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 130:] "The natives use this plant for inflammations of the eyes and spots on the cornea in the following way: the leaves are crushed between hot stones and then placed in a linen cloth from which the sap is squeezed into the eye."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004612

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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