Botanical Name

Robinia irwinei Hutch. & Dalziel [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1786

Collection Location

[Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2048

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

The synonym names under Robinia are not on the sheet be mentioned by F.N. Hepper (1976) in his book The West African Herbaria of Isert & Thonning

Type Status: Robinia irwinei Hutch. and Dalziel

Common Names

Ahaemeté [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 95:] "The root is beaten out to a soft sponge which the natives use for washing with. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10021753

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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