Botanical Name

Stachytarpheta angustifolia (Mill.) Vahl [Verbenaceae]

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 1663–2025

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 104 II 7 and III 1

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 306

Common Names

Lalaaba [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 130:] "The natives use this plant for inflammations of the eyes and spots on the cornea in the following way: the leaves are crushed between hot stones and then placed in a linen cloth from which the sap is squeezed into the eye."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004608

C10004608

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)