Kiggelaria africanaL. [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
Kiggelaria flavo-velutina
Kiggelaria integrifolia
Kiggelaria dregiana
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Kiggelaria flavovelutina
Kiggelaria ferruginea
Kiggelaria dregeana
Kiggelaria not on sheet
Kiggelaria unrecorded
Kiggelaria drageana
Kiggelaria africana
Flora
Entry for KIGGELARIA africana Lin. [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 65, (1894) Author: (By W. H. HARVEY).
Names
KIGGELARIA africanaLin. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], Sp. 1466;âDC. Prod. 1. p. 257. Lam. Ill. t. 821. Thunb. Cap. p. 395. E. &c. Z.! No. 116.
Information
leaves ovato-lanceolate, serrulate, acute, membranaceous, thinly tomentose on the lower surface, reticulate; styles 5. A much branched, erect shrub, 10â15 feet high, becoming almost a tree. Young twigs thinly tomentose; older with a rough, striate bark. Leaves 2â3 inches long, distantly toothed. Venation-pinnate, with netted intermediate veinlets obvious on both sides.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In hedges and waste places. Common about Capetown. Tulbagh, Eck. & Zey.! (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.)