Baissea A. DC.

Leeuwenberg, A.J.M. & Kupicha, F.K. et al. (1985) Apocynaceae Flora Zambesiaca 7(2)

Description of the genus

Rhizomatous creepers, climbing shrubs or lianas with white latex. Spines, tendrils and stipules absent. Leaves petiolate; petiole with glands on the adaxial side; lamina with the midrib impressed above and prominent beneath; secondary veins curved towards the margin, anastomosing; tufts of hairs (domatia) usually present in the axils of some secondary veins. Inflorescences axillary and sometimes at the same time terminal. Calyx lobes imbricate, almost free, at the base; corolla tube obconical, with a short urceolate base; inside with tufts of hairs alternating with the stamens; corolla lobes contorted in bud and overlapping to the right, spreading to reflexed. Ovary semi-inferior; carpels two, multi-ovulate, surrounded by a disk. Fruit composed of 2 pendulous, follicular, narrowly cylindric mericarps, these sometimes united at the apices. Seeds narrowly ellipsoid, more or less laterally compressed, not rostrate, with an apical coma; endosperm in a thin layer completely surrounding the embryo.

Worldwide: Species 14, in Africa.

Malawi: 1 taxon.

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viridiflora (K. Schum.) De KruifS

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Flora of Botswana: Baissea
Flora of Caprivi: Baissea
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Baissea
Flora of Mozambique: Baissea
Flora of Zambia: Baissea

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Baissea
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iNaturalist: Baissea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Baissea
JSTOR Plant Science: Baissea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Baissea
Plants of the World Online: Baissea
Tropicos: Baissea
Wikipedia: Baissea

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Malawi: Genus page: Baissea.
https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1910, retrieved 28 March 2024

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