Botanical Name

Hibiscus cannabinus L. [Malvaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

L. Augna [Ghana: Volta Region; Keta Lagoon]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1928

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On back of sheet: 130 Hibiscus (cannabinus: glandulosus m. aculeatissimus : crossed out) congener
m: Collect: Guin. D. Thon. Statura convenit c. H. cannabino sed certe diversa foliis superioribus
angustissimis atque lobis longioribus caule tereti petiolis cum foliis junioribus glandulose
aculeatis.

On sheet: H. congener

On label: Hibiscus cannabinus L. DET. R.W.J. Keay 31/8/ 1955 Kew

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 52 III 7 - 53 I 1-2

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

Hibiscus congener Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 319 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 130

Common Names

Sissa-imune [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 70:] "Its stem is very tough; perhaps a kind of hemp could be prepared from this one and similarly from some other species of the same genus but the natives do not make use of it. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003982

C10003982

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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