Baissea multiflora A.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Baissea

Characteristics

A shrub or creeper. It can grow 6 m tall or be 30 m long. The stem is 12 cm across. The flowers are white, pink or orange.
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Follicles narrowly cylindrical, up to 18 in.long when ripe.
Flowers white or yellow, in axillary and terminal cymes
Woody climber 10-25 ft.high, usually rusty pubescent
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.12
Mature height (meter) 13.0
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Environment

Woody savannah. Primary as well as secondary forest, and in riverine forest, at elevations from 150-1,400 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in forests between 150 m to 1,400 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use material medicinal social use
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Baissea multiflora world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77515-1
WFO ID wfo-0000312509
COL ID 68B8D
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Synonyms

Baissea angolensis Baissea heudelotii Baissea thollonii Baissea concinna Baissea multiflora Baissea caudiloba Guerkea congolana Baissea multiflora var. caudiloba Oncinotis axillaris Baissea laxiflora