Apocynaceae FAMILY

Baissea myrtifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Baissea myrtifolia is a shrub with scrambling branches growing up to 5 metres tall, or becoming a tall climbing plant with stems up to 20 metres long that twine into the surrounding vegetation for support. The stems are about 2cm in diameter[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. , 610 Title Flora of Tropical East Africa Publication Author Beentje H.J. Website http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=396814 Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2002 ISBN Description Available on-line, a modern flora of East Africa. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild as a local source of medicine and materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - DR Congo, Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia.

HabitatRiverine forest and thickets in woodland, often on rocky places[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ].