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Baissea axillaris

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Bentham) Hua

Common Names

• Tekateka (Andiri)
• Medikuti (Nduye)
• Medikanza (Nduye)
• Abiesulu (Teturi)
• Biesuli (Teturi)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Benin
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Oct

Fruiting Times

Prickly woody climbing shrub with glabrescent leaves 45mm x 25mm. Pubescent cymes or panicles with minute bracts, pale yellow flowers, pubescent calyx 1.5mm long, yellow corolla pubescent outside to 5mm long with shorter lobes. Brown velvety follicles 225mm long x 6mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant Lst 2
• FOTA
• Kew