Botanical Name

Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd.ex Delile [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 1663–1924

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. SCHUM. 239 Mimosa (villosa m: crossed out) Acacia? adstringens m: Collectan: Guin:
D. Th:

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 67 III 2-3

Mimosa adstringens Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 327 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 239; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 75:] The fruit has owing to the gum-resin which occurs between its membranes a rather bitter astringent taste. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004167

C10004167

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)