Botanical Name

Dialium guineense Willd. [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 1663–1982

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. HORN. Dialium guineense W. Codarium acutifolium Afz. J.L./1865 105. Dialium
guineense Wild. minime species Dialii sed Codarium nitidum Vahl Enumerat: vid: Msct: m: Collectan:
Guin: D. Thon

On label: Dialium guineense Willd. Determinavit C.D. Adams 25.VI. 1955

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 22 I 1-2

Codarium nitidum Sol. ex Vahl SYNTYPE. Enum. Pl. [Vahl] 1: 302 (1804)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 105; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Common Names

Joj-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]; Black tamarind [European]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 35:] "The mealy pulp of the fruit has a pleasant acidity and soaked in water is a very medicinal drink for fever patients. The wood yields good charcoal for the forge and for other uses. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003576

C10003576

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)