AVERAGE SIZE (H) x (W): 18m x 20m
FLOWERING TIME: J F M A M J J A S O N D
FRUITING TIME: J F M A M J J A S O N D
A medium to large deciduous tree with a rounded crown. The bark is grey and generally smooth, but sometimes flaky in older plants. The leaves are opposite, leathery and hairy on both surfaces. The cup-shaped flowers are large, dark maroon and unpleasant smelling (smell of rotting meat). The flowers only last for a day. The fruit is a large (up to 18cm), sausage-shaped greyish-brown pod that weighs up to 10kg and contains a fibrous pulp in which many seeds are embedded.
GARDEN THEMES:Bushveld, forest, rockery, water, woodland
LANDSCAPING USES:
Not suitable for small and medium gardens but a valuable plant for game farms and alongside rivers.
Thanks, Rob
If we get any interested parties, I’ll forward them your e-mail address.
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Glenice
Hi, have kigelia seeds to give away. Rob, Johannesburg.
Hi Sam
You’d have to check whether your local nurseries will purchase your plants and what they are willing to pay.
It’s difficult to determine whether they will purchase them as this is a relatively easy plant to propagate and there may not be a huge demand for that particular species.
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Glenice
Hi
I have at least 44 of Kigelia plants which i need to plant in a bigger land. I am planning to have many. My question is, whether i can be able to make money if is sell the extracts.
Sam
Hi Sam
Thanks for visiting Plantbook.
It’s incredible that you’re planting some indigenous trees in their natural habitat.
I’m not sure whether there is a market for these seeds as most nurseries would source them from registered seed distributors.
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Glencie
Hi
I managed to get the seeds of Kigelia in Venda sometimes last year, now i am planning to plant them in bulk as i have 1200 hectors of land. Is there a market for this?
Sam
Hi Sam
The best place to purchase the seeds is from the SANBI Seed Bank.
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Glenice
Hi
I need the seeds for Kigelia africana, where can i purchase them in South Africa?
Sam
072 1153 499
Hi Christos
Thanks for visitng Plantbook.
Interesting to hear about our native trees travelling and faring well in different parts of the world.
Please send us a picture of your tree.
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Glenice
I planted a tree 35 years ago in a public park in the town messini in s. greece. the tree passed through some winters with -1, -2 without any signs of damage and a severe winter with-6 with some branches damage .the tree recovered and it is healthy. the parental tree was in cairo zoo.
Hi Larry
Thanks for visiting Plantbook.
Check with your local indigenous plant nursery for the trees. If they cannot assist, perhaps the Kirstenbosch seed bank can assist – seedroom@sanbi.org.za.
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Glenice
Do you have any of these trees Kigelia Africana for sale or perhaps the seeds?