NH0074922, Gillitts (1924)
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| Herbarium gathering at Gillitts, collector recorded only as Indian collector (1924) | |
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| NH0074922, Gillitts (1924) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | South Africa |
| Province/State | KwaZulu-Natal |
| Locality | Gillitts |
| Coordinates | -29.875, 30.875 |
| Elevation | 600 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1924-06-11 |
| Collector | Indian collector |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium (NH) |
| Catalogue Number | NH0074922-0 |
| Collector Number | s.n. (NH74922) |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. var. sativa |
NH0074922, Gillitts is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected at Gillitts in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on 11 June 1924 by Indian collector. The KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium (NH) holds the sheet as NH0074922-0.[1]
Collection and locality
The database gives the date as 11 June 1924, the locality as Gillitts. and the altitude as 600 m. Gillitts is in the hills west of Durban.[1]
The collector
The collector field holds the words Indian collector and no name. The gathering was therefore made by someone the herbarium recorded by ethnicity rather than by name, in the language of a 1924 colonial catalogue. The field is quoted here as the database holds it; the accession asserts no name, and the string is not wikilinked.[1]
Specimen and identification
The sheet is filed as Cannabis sativa L. var. sativa.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cannabis sativa L., barcode NH0074922-0, in the Botanical Database of Southern Africa (BODATSA)". Plants of southern Africa. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 23 September 2026.