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BAISSEA multiflora A. DC. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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!
Date Updated: 19 August 2007
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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