Cola verticillata (Thonn.) Stapf ex A. Chev. [Sterculiaceae]
Item
- Botanical Name
- Cola verticillata (Thonn.) Stapf ex A. Chev. [Sterculiaceae]
- Specimen Type
- Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]
- Collector
- Peter Thonning
- Collection Date-s
- 1799 – 1803
- Collection Location
- Aquapim [Ghana]
- Colonial Context
- Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2065
- Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status
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On sheet: Sterculia verticillata Guin. D. Th.
On back of sheet: 1 Expl. i Hb.
IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 105 I 5-6
Remark: The data on the locality is taken from Hepper F.N. (1976) The West African Herbaria of Isert and Thonning
Sterculia verticillata Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 240 (1827) - Ownership and Collection Management History
- Thonning 283
- Common Names
- Kjaelae [Schumacher/Thonning]
- Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge
- [Hepper (1976) p. 123:] "The fruit is chewed by the aborigines; it has a bitter astringent taste and colours the saliva carmine-red. Th."
- Source
- Herbarium C NHMD
- NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number
- C10004618
- C10004618
- Copyright Owner
- Natural History Museum of Denmark
- Copyright License
- CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)
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