Botanical Name

Uvaria chamae Beauvais [Annonaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1786

Collection Location

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

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2040

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 109 I 3.

Common Names

Abada [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 25:] "The leaves have a laurel-like odour; they are pounded fresh and applied to old legbone injuries. The root is used to dispel tumour testiculi; a decoction is used internally and an ointment externally; derived from the finely
grated root. The decoction is also drunk for gonorrhoea. The seeds are enveloped in a tasty sweetish jelly; they are roasted and eaten. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004677

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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