Botanical Name

Mitragyna inermis (Willd.) Kuntze [Rubiaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1784

Collection Location

Ada [Ghana: Greater Accra Region]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2037

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Nauclea africana

Label2: L. Ada Guineae 1784.

Label3: an nov. Gen. Centandr. v. Syngenesiae

Label4: Leg. Isert.

Label5: Uncaria inermis Willd. cf. Usteri Delectus opusculorum botanicorum 1793 (vol.II): 199 pl.
III page 199: " Celeberrimus Isert ----mecum communicaverat---"

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 108 I 6

Type Status: Uncaria inermis Willd. ISOTYPE. Del. Opusc. Bot. 2: 199 (1793)

Common Names

Kiná-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 108:] "The wood is hard; fine; yellowish with reddish veins and takes a very handsome polish."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004661

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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