Botanical Name

Robinia thonningii Schumach. & Thonn. [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1784

Collection Location

Ada [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2048

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Type Status: Robinia thonningii Schumach. and Thonn.

Common Names

Tah-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 95:] "The bark beaten soft is used for applying to old leg-injuries for cleansing the wound. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10021750

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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