7761.000 Kigelia DC.

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

Caprivi: 1 taxon.

Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

Species	Content
africana (Lam.) Benth. subsp. africana	Description, Image

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Flora of Zimbabwe: Kigelia
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Kigelia

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