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Taxon: Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.

Genus: Kigelia
Family: Bignoniaceae.
Nomen number: 70392
Place of publication: J. D. Hooker & G. Bentham in W. J. Hooker, Niger Fl. 463. 1849
Comment: authorship verified from original literature
Name verified on: 02-May-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 26-Feb-2002
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 3 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions. or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.
  • Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.


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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea - Bioko; Rwanda; Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Benin; Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
    South Tropical Africa: Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
    Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia; South Africa - KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal; Swaziland

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

      Cultivated:
  • also cultivated

References:

  • PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  • Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
  • Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
  • Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
  • Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:254–257.
  • Compton, R. H. 1976. The flora of Swaziland.
  • Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
  • Gibbs Russell, G. E. et al. 1985. List of species of Southern African plants, ed. 2. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa v. 51.; v. 56. 1987
  • Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador.
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
  • Jardin botanique national de Belgique. 1967–. Flore du Congo, du Rwanda et du Burundi (Flore d'Afrique centrale).
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  • Palmer, E. & N. Pitman. 1972–1973. Trees of southern Africa.
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
  • Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal.
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana.
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
  • Troupin, G. 1978–. Flore du Rwanda.
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Check other web resources for Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.:

  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?70392 (19 May 2013)

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