Botanical Name

Ancylobothrys scandens (Schumach. & Thonn.) Pichon [Apocynaceae]

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 1663–2000

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Strÿcnos scandens fol: ellipt. uninerviis acuminatis Th.

Label2: Hb. Hornemann. e Guinea d: Dom: Thonning

Label3: Landolphia Thonningii F. Didr. Determ. F. Didrichsen. Guinea. Leg. Thonning.

Label4: Landolphia (S. Dictyophleba) scandens F. Didr.! var. 1. genuina Hallier f.! in Jahrb.
Hamburg wissensch. Anst. XIII 3 Beiheft (Nov. 1900). p. 80. Det. HALLIER f. 1. xi. 1900.

Label5: Ancylobothrys scandens (Sch. et Th.) M.P. Determinavit: M. Pichon 1950

Label6: Ancylobotrys scandens (Schum. et Thonn.) Pichon Ghana Akwapim (a region north of Accra
where I collected the same species ) Det. AJM Leewenberg 1980 5 sheets as seen by Pichon

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 105 II 7

Strychnos scandens Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 127 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 281; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Common Names

Abontaa [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 26:] "The natives enjoy the acid mucus which covers the seeds and regard it as wholesome."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004623

C10004623

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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