Botanical Name

Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq. [Capparaceae]

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 1663–1980

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Hb. Schumacher 67. Cleome (pentophylla ?? m: crossed out) acuta m: Collect. Guin: D.
Thon.

Label2: Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) ?? ! 1914 det. E. Gilg. et Benedict.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 21 I 6

Cleome acuta Schumach. and Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 293 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 67; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Common Names

Taeta-fye [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 37:] "The leaves are used as cabbage by the native. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003553

C10003553

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)