Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Bignoniaceae | Genus: Kigelia | Species: Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. |
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| Synonym | Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC. | Flower Color | Red - Pink |
| Common Name | Balam kheera, Balmkheera | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Cucumber /Sausage Tree | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1800 m | Fruit Type | Capsule |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit very unusual, sausage shaped, up to 1 m × 18 cm, greyish-brown, heavily dotted with lenticels, indehiscent, heavy, weighing up to 12 kg, containing a fibrous pulp in which are embedded many seeds |
| Habitat | Occours in gallery woodland and along rivers in moist forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Distributed all over India South,Cental and West also in Africa | Bark Details | Bark grey, generally smooth in large specimens, flaking in thin, round patches |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Oblong | ||
| Description of Species | Plant up to 20 m in height, with a dense rounded crown; bark grey, generally smooth in large specimens, flaking in thin, round patches. leaves opposite, crowded near the ends of branches, compound. Flowers striking, red blood with heavy yellow veining on the outside, cup shaped, asymmetric, lax, pendulous sprays. Calyx shortly tubular with 2-5 ribbed lobes; corolla widely cup shaped with 5 broad spreading lobes; stamens 4, slightly protruding beyond the mouth of the corolla tube; ovary 1-chambered. Fruit very unusual, sausage shaped | Leaf Details | Leaves opposite, crowded near the ends of branches, compound |
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