Botanical Name

Hippocratea africana (Willd.) Loes. ex Engl. [Celastraceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1785

Collection Location

Aflaku [Ghana: Aflao]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2036

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: Nov. Genus Triandr. monog. no. 27. desc. pl. adaens:

Label1: Tonsella africana Willdn. Hippocratea acutiflora

Label2: Lecta Aflaku 1785.

Label3: Leg. Isert.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 106 III 2

Type Status: Tonsella africana Willd. ISOTYPE. Sp. Pl. (Willd.) 1(1): 194 (1797)

Common Names

Plem-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 38:] "The white sweetish mucus which surrounds the seeds is eaten by children. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004651

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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