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Baissea multiflora

Baissea multiflora
Photo: Attila Oláh, CC BY 4.0

Baissea multiflora is a climbing shrub or liana from the Dogbane family, native to wet tropical West and Central Africa, grown mainly as a wild forest plant rather than a common garden subject. It needs warm, humid, forest-like conditions and some support to climb.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and reduce slightly in cooler months.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich potting mix or forest-type soil.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Trop. Africa
Climate
wet tropical

About

Baissea multiflora is a plant in the family Apocynaceae.

Where it grows

Baissea multiflora is native to an area of tropical Africa from Senegal to Angola. Its habitat is in forests from 150 m (500 ft) to 1,400 m (5,000 ft) altitude.

Other Baissea plants

Baissea axillaris

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Baissea multiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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