kigelia

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kigelia

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From the genus name.

noun kigelias

The African flowering plant Kigelia africana, sole species in its genus in the family Bignoniaceae. They found these seeds and painted faces on them,” she says, picking up a long sausage-like fruit fallen from the kigelia trees.
Similar: cucumber tree, sausage tree

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@misc{kigelia_2026,
  title = {kigelia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kigelia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}