Botanical Name

Vitex doniana Sweet [Verbenaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1785

Collection Location

Sawi [Benin: Savi]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2043

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Type Herbarium nr. 109 II 7.

Common Names

Fjong [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 130:] "The fruit is eaten by the inhabitants although for those unaccustomed to it it has not a pleasant taste; the pulp is half sappy mealy; slightly sweet with an oily taste. The wood is used by the natives for drums. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004691

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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