Botanical Name

Uvaria ovata (Vahl ex Dunal) A. DC. subsp. ovata [Annonaceae]

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 1663–2005

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: seq. Schum. in Ms: Uvaria cordata scr. J. Gr¢ntv. e Guinea Thonning

On label: Uaria ovata- fol: ovali-oblongis nitidis pedunc: solitariis subunifloris petalis
æqualibus lanceolatis baccis ovatis .. Th.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 108 III 6

Uvaria cordata Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 255 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 80

Common Names

Agingeli [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 26:] "The fruit which contains a sweet mucus; is greedily eaten by the natives. Both the root; wood; and bark are used in a decoction for the cure of old legbone injuries. The leaves have a taste slightly like laurel leaves. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004673

C10004673

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)