Botanical Name

Premna quadrifolia Schumach. & Thonn. [Verbenaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

Frederiksberg [Ghana: Greater Accra Region]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2036

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. SCHUM. 161 (tomentosa: guineensis m: crossed out) verticillata Th: var-=ß Collect: Guin: D. Thon

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 89 II 4-5

Remark: The data on the locality is taken from Hepper F.N. (1976) The West African Herbaria of Isert and Thonning.

Premna quadrifolia Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 275 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 161; ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Common Names

Oobsso-tjo [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 129:] "The leaves and even more the fruit have a strong unpleasant odour. The leaves pounded in tepid water are used as a laxative. A bottle-shaped calebash is used for this purpose; whose tube is inserted; after which the doctor blows with his mouth through an opening in the bottom. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004434

C10004434

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)