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Bignonia africana Lam., Crescentia pinnata Jacq., Kigelia abyssinica A.Rich., Kigelia acutifolia Engl. ex Sprague, Kigelia aethiopica Decne, Kigelia aethopica Decne. var. abyssinica (A. Rich.) Sprague, Kigelia aethopica Decne. var. bornuensis Sprague, Kigelia aethiopica Decne. var. brachycarpa Chiov., Kigelia aethiopica Decne. var. stenocarpa Chiov., Kigelia aethopica Decne. var. usambarica Sprague, Kigelia aethiopium (Fenzl) Dandy, Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. var. aethiopica (Decne.) Aubrév. ex Sillans, Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. var. elliptica (Sprague) Sillans, Kigelia angolensis Welw. ex Sprague, Kigelia elliottii Sprague, Kigelia elliptica Sprague, Kigelia ikbaliae De Wild., Kigelia impressa Sprague, Kigelia lanceolata Sprague, Kigelia moosa Sprague, Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC., Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC. var. tomentella Sprague, Kigelia somalensis Mattei, Kigelia spragueana Wernham, Kigelia talbotii Hutch. & Dalz., Kigelia talbotii Hutch. & Dalz., Kigelia tristis A.Chev. Sotor aethiopium Fenzl, Tanaecium pinnatum Willd., Tecoma africana (Lam.) G.Don, Tripinnaria africana Spreng.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Kigelia africana. In: Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8661-7_65

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