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Baissea multiflora

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Identification
Isotype of Baissea heudelotii Hua [family APOCYNACEAE ] Baissea multiflora A.DC. [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by vanDilst,F.J.H.,
Related name
  • Baissea tholloni
  • Baissea caudiloba
  • Baissea heudelotii
  • Baissea laxiflora
  • Baissea odorata
  • Baissea multiflora
  • Baissea angolensis
  • Baissea lasuflora
  • Oncinotis axillaris
  • Baissea heudeloti
Common name
  • bépélam (K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDYAK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kunda ni nombo (JMD) m-vugu (GR) (MALI, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kondané nombo (JMD) sala nombolé (JMD) (MALI, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dam tap (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, WOLOF), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • nẹnkẹt, a-ntak σ-rẹnk (Ferry) (SENEGAL, KONYAGI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ndabe-gulo (def.-guli) (LAK-C; JMD); perhaps = ndamba-wulo (FCD) sawa a group name; see Strophanthus gratus (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sifemb = it cracks (DF) (THE GAMBIA, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • salanombo (def.-o) (Sebia Jatta) (SENEGAL, MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bufem befol the Ham (K&A) sifemb the fruit (K&A) sikénay (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ńalâporé (K&A) salanôbo (K&A) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • a-ndyakσrẹnd (Ferry) a-ngwẹ̀tàn (Ferry) ε-kutàn (K&A; Ferry) (SENEGAL, BASARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kondané nombo (JMD) sala nombolé (JMD) (GUINEA, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • salanombo (def.-o) (Fox) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bufem befol the liane (K&A) sifemb the fruit (K&A) sikénay (K&A) (SENEGAL, DIOLA (Tentouck)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kikof kidigen (K&A) (SENEGAL, BANYUN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (Guinea-Bissau) poré (D’O) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • liane étoilée (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kunda ninôbo (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, MANDING-BAMBARA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ngutin (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ga-nẹ̀mbẹ́t (Ferry) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for BAISSEA multiflora A. DC. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 4, Part 1, page 24, (1904) Author: (By Otto Stapf.)
Names
BAISSEA multiflora A. DC. [family APOCYNACEAE], Prod. viii. 424. —Hook. Niger Fl. 452; K. Schum. in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. ii. 172; Hua in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 2 sér. i. 7, 9; Chevalier, Géogr. Bot. Sénégal, 223. Hua in Compt. Rend. Acad. Paris, cxxxiv. 856, 857. Cheval. in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Par. vi. (1900), 423.
Information
A climber, 60 to 80 ft. high; young branches slender, more or less rusty- or fulvo-tomentose, ultimately glabrescent. Leaves elliptic to oblong, shortly or obscurely acuminate, rounded or more or less acute at the base, 1 1/2–3 1/2 in. long, 1–2 in. broad, chartaceous, finely rusty tomentose all over in bud, very soon glabrescent above and between the nerves below, at length sometimes quite glabrous except for small tufts of hairs in the nerve-axils; secondary nerves 5–7 on each side, channelled above; transverse veins fine, but distinct; petiole 1–2 1/2 lin. long. Panicles slender, pyramidal, 2–15 in. long, finely rusty- or fulvo-tomentose; lowest bracts sometimes foliaceous and coloured, upper small, lanceolate to subulate, 1–2 lin. long; pedicels very short or up to 4 lin. long. Calyx 1–1 3/4 lin. long, puberulous to minutely tomentose; sepals lanceolate, acute or obtuse, eglandular. Corolla white, funnel-shaped; tube subcampanulate, 2–3 lin. long, puberulous without, scantily pubescent within in the upper part; Suprastaminal calli ovate, distinct; lobes linear-lanceolate to linear, long tapering, 5–7 lin. long. Staminal cone not quite 1 lin. long, reaching to or beyond the middle of the corolla-tube; anthers more or less hairy on the back. Style puberulous, obconic from a cylindric base; stigma with a short bifid apiculus; ovary pubescent. Follicles finely rusty tomentose, up to 16 in. long, obtuse. Seeds 8 lin. long; coma reddish, 1–1 1/4 in. long.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea in the forests of Ferlo, Heudelot, 186! Cape Nase, Dollinger, 45!Gambia Upper Guinea Albreda, Perrotet, 480! on the south bank of the River Gambia, Brown-Lester, 14! and without precise locality, Whitfield! Rio Nunez, Whitfield!Upper Guinea Futa Jallon, Heudelot, 601! 597!

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