Botanical Name

Indigofera nigricans Vahl ex Pers. [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

Gah and Adampi [Ghana: Greater Accra Region]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1894

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet(scrips. Schum.): HB. SCHUM. 61. Indigofera (pulchra - pulchella nigra diversa a pulchra
Banks HB: crossed out) Indigofera elegans i Beskr: Collect: Guin: D. Th:

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

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

Indigofera elegans Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 368 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 61; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 91:] "It is too small to deserve attention as an indigo-plant and the natives do not utilize it. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004051

C10004051

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)