Botanical Name

Cardiospermum halicacabum L. [Sapindaceae]

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 1663–2096

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. HORN. Cardiospermum hirsutum Wild. e guinea d. Dom. Tonning

Label1: Cardiospermum Halicacabum L. Determ. L Radlkofer.

Label2: 121

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 14 III 1-2

Cardiospermum glabrum Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 197 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 121; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Common Names

Sablabó [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 115:] "Used as a fetish but not so frequently as the foregoing [C. grandiflorum]. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003472

C10003472

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)