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7761.000 Kigelia
Description of the genus
Tree. Leaves imparipinnate, opposite or 3-nate. Inflorescence a terminal, lax pendulous panicle, with a long peduncle, the fruiting peduncles persisting and hanging from the tree after the fruit has fallen. Calyx campanulate to ± tubular. Corolla widely campanulate; limb 2-lipped and 5-lobed; tube wide. Stamens 4, didynamous; staminode 1. Disk ring-shaped. Ovary 1-locular; ovules numerous. Fruit large, cylindric, pendulous, thick-walled, indehiscent with a fibrous pulp. Seeds wingless. Derivation of name: from the native Mozambican name, kigeli-keia, for this species Worldwide: 1 species in tropical Africa Botswana: 1 taxon. |
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Flora of Caprivi: KigeliaFlora of Malawi: Kigelia
Flora of Mozambique: Kigelia
Flora of Zambia: Kigelia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Kigelia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Kigelia
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ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): KigeliaFlora Zambesiaca web site: Kigelia
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Kigelia
Wikipedia: Kigelia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kigelia
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Kigelia
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