Botanical Name

Solanum nigrum L. [Solanaceae]

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 1663–2068

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 102 III 4-5

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 134

Common Names

Dendrae [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 122:] "The leaves are used against rheumatic pains; they are pounded with some grains of Paradise [Aframomum] into an ointment or salve; which is rubbed onto painful places."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004589

C10004589

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)