Botanical Name

Vitex doniana Sweet [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 1663–2029

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. SCHUM. 244 Vitex cuneata m: (obovata m: crossed out) Collect: Guin: D.Th.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 109 III 1-2

Vitex cuneata Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 289 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 244; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Common Names

Fjong [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 130:] "The fruit is eaten by the inhabitants although for those unaccustomed to it it has not a pleasant taste; the pulp is half sappy mealy; slightly sweet with an oily taste. The wood is used by the natives for drums. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004693

C10004693

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)