Botanical Name

Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

southern part of the country [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1922

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. SCHUM. 133. Mimosa (cÿlindrica m: crossed out) Acacia bicolor m: Collect: Guin: D.
Thon

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 67 III 6-7

Mimosa bicolor Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 326 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 133; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Common Names

Kahn-tjo; Beseri (fruit in Accra dialect) [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 76:] "It exhausts the soil so that where it grows no other plant can thrive although it is not overshadowed or choked by it. Because of its creeping roots it is difficult to eradicate. In cotton plantation near Fredriksberg (sic) it has almost choked cotton trees which otherwise are content with poor soil. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004169

C10004169

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)