Forbes s.n., Durban (1921)
More actions
| Forbes herbarium gathering, Durban, labelled Insangu (1921) | |
|---|---|
| Forbes s.n., Durban (1921) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province/State | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Locality | Durban |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | Insangu |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1921-03-24 |
| Collector | H. Forbes |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Compton Herbarium (NBG) |
| Catalogue Number | NBG1533367-0 |
| Collector Number | s.n.(STEU13050) |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
Forbes s.n., Durban is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected at Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on 24 March 1921 by H. Forbes. The Compton Herbarium (NBG) holds the sheet as NBG1533367-0.[1] Its locality field carries the isiZulu name for the plant.
Collection and locality
The database gives the date as 24 March 1921 and the locality as Durban. "Insangu". The quotation marks are the catalogue's own. Insangu is the isiZulu name for cannabis, and it stands here in a geography field because BODATSA has no populated vernacular column.[1]
The name on the entry
Insangu is the same word that appears on three other South African sheets in this batch, in three spellings and at three institutions. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew sheet of 1857 records the plant as received from the Reverend Doctor Callaway under the name of "Insango"; Kew's Zululand smoking pipe, catalogued in 1888, is labelled a pipe for smoking Insangu; and the Bews Herbarium (NU) sheet gathered by Father Mayr between 1890 and 1910 is labelled Umsangu. This entry of 1921 is the fourth attestation and the only one inside a South African catalogue.[1]
Specimen and identification
The sheet is filed as Cannabis sativa L. The collector-number field holds s.n.(STEU13050): there is no collector's number, and the parenthesis is a Stellenbosch University herbarium number, so the sheet appears to have reached the Compton by way of STEU.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cannabis sativa L., barcode NBG1533367-0, in the Botanical Database of Southern Africa (BODATSA)". Plants of southern Africa. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 23 September 2026.