**Code**: [SL](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=126814) **Organization**: Njala University **Department**: Biological Sciences Department **Location**: Freetown, Sierra Leone **Total number of specimens**: 50000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1906 **Taxonomic coverage**: Including carpological collection **Geographic coverage**: Western tropical Africa **Incorporated herbaria**: NJ. **Notes**: Updated Jan 2015. SL herbarium survived the war with c. 80% of the specimens intact and is now a working herbarium, to which specimens are added regularly. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2019-11-19 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.