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Kigelia
EntityQ3009148· pop 11· linked from 57 articles

right|thumb|K. africana in Serengeti National Park

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderLamiales
  5. FamilyBignoniaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Eritrea

via GBIF · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
68
With media
55
Family
Bignoniaceae
Collections
ESALQ, MO, JBRJ, KSP, US, UNICAMP
Recorded in
Brasil, Cameroon, Gabon, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, Brazil

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Description
  • Foliage
  • Flowers
  • Fruit
  • Uses
  • Gallery
  • References
  • External links

right|thumb|K. africana in Serengeti National Park

Kigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the trumpet vine family Bignoniaceae. The genus consists of only one species, Kigelia africana, syn. Kigelia pinnata, which occurs throughout tropical Africa and is cultivated elsewhere in the tropics.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kigelia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (4)