Swaziland's Flora Database
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Kiggelaria africana L. (name current July 2011) Wild Peach siklalu ACHARIACEAE Growth form: Tree Found within protected areas Swaziland abundance: rare Swaziland distribution: one locality Schedule C Medicinal Other uses Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Kiggelaria africana - Medium-sized spineless tree. Leaves alternate, simple, stalked, blades up to 7 cm long, oval or lance-shaped, usually toothed, greyish downy below. Male and female flowers on different trees. Male flowers stalked, in small clusters; female flowers solitary, long-stalked. Sepals five, hairy, falling; petals five, each having fleshy gland at base on inner surface. Male flowers with 8—10 stamens, all fertile, without vestigial ovary. Female flowers with superior hairy one-chambered ovary, with several ovules on wall; no vestigial stamens. Fruit spherical, wall leathery, with several seeds. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. Included in Tree Atlas. |
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