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Baissea axillaris
Baissea axillaris grows as a liana up to 15 metres (49 ft) long, with a trunk diameter of up to 12 centimetres (4.7 in). Its flowers feature a yellow, orange or white corolla, sometimes with red spots or stripes inside. Habitat is in forests from sea-level to 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) altitude. Local medicinal uses include as a treatment for kidney problems and colic and as a diuretic. B. axillaris is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast,...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 700520.