Botanical Name

Indigofera tetrasperma Vahl ex Pers. [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

Ga [Ghana: Accra]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1889

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet (scrips. Schum.): HB. SCHUM. debilis m: Guin: D. Th: scoparia V: H: sed diversa ab I:
scoparia Koenig tetrasperma Peers: et Collect:

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 58 I 6-7

Remark: The data on the locality is taken from Hepper F.N. (1976) The West African Herbaria of Isert and Thonning

Indigofera tetrasperma Vahl ex Pers. ISOTYPE. Syn. Pl. 2: 325 (1807)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 41; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 93:] "It is so rare that I have not had an opportunity of testing it as regards its use; it does not deserve much attention in this respect as it is so small and has only a few leaves. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004074

C10004074

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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