Botanical Name

Ehretia corymbosa Bojer ex A. DC. [Boraginaceae]

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 1663–1988

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. HORN. Ehretia cymosa n: sp: Sol: ovatis subacuminatis ?? panicula cymosa terminali
Th. e guinea d. Dom: Thonning

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 39 I 3-4

Ehretia cymosa Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 129 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 89; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Common Names

Lavasá [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 32:] "The longest branches are used as anchor-bands. The natives chew the wood along with the seeds of Sterculia verticillata from which is produced a red colour which is used for fetish-ornaments; amulets etc. The flowers smell like Galium verum."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003815

C10003815

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)