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Kigelia angolensis

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Identification
Kigelia angolensis Welw. ex Sprague [family BIGNONIACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt,B., Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. [family BIGNONIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Kigelia pinnata
  • Kigelia africana
  • Kigelia angolensis

Flora

Entry for KIGELIA angolensis Welw. MSS. [family BIGNONIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 516, (1905) Author: (By T. A. Sprague).
Names
KIGELIA angolensis Welw. MSS. [family BIGNONIACEAE]
KIGELIA pinnata Seem. [family BIGNONIACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 1865, 333, not of DC.
Kigelkeia pinnata Hiern [family BIGNONIACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 793 (excl. syns.).
Information
A tree, 10–35 ft. high. Leaves opposite; leaflets 19–23, elliptic-oblong or oblong, shortly and abruptly acuminate at the apex, obtusely cuneate at the base, 3 1/2–7 in. long, 1 1/2–3 in. broad, entire or serrate towards the apex, glabrous; lateral veins 11–12 on each side, 4–8 lin. apart; petioles of lateral leaflets 1–2 lin. long. Buds minutely cuspidate near their apex. Calyx 11–14 lin. long, two-lipped, sparsely glandular; tube 7–10 lin. long; lobes irregular, unequal, rounded, 2–5 lin. long. Corolla orange-scarlet or scarlet; tube 2 in. long, constricted 6–6 1/2 lin. above the base; lobes 1 1/4 in. long. Stamens inserted 7–7 1/2 lin. above the base of the corolla-tube; anthers 2 1/2–3 lin. long. Disc not lobed. Ovary 3 1/2 lin. long, finely lepidote; stigma-lobes ovate-lanceolate. Fruit conical-cylindric, slightly compressed, 1–1 1/2 ft. long, 2–3 in. in diam.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Golungo Alto; by streams in Sobatos de Bumba and Bango Aquitamba and about Sange, Welwitsch, 489! woods by the River Muia, near Trombeta, Welwitsch, 491!

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