Accession Data

Kirkia wilmsii

Common Name: Mountain Seringa, Peppertree

Family: Kirkiaceae

Country of Origin: South Africa

Description: 8m tree, grey bark, leaves beautiful colours in Au, small greenish-white fl in heads on long slender stalks Su, easy from seed.

Uses: A rather strong fibre is obtained from the bark. It can be used for weaving.3

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10

Accession #: 199900271

Accession Date: 1999-09-09 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1108

Quantity: 1

Source: Silverhill

Culture: Sow seed spring

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid II

Order: Sapindales

Family: Kirkiaceae

References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 June 2015.
  2. Kirkia wilmsiiat African Plants Database. Accessed 17 June 2015.
  3. Kirkia wilmsii at Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed on Monday, July 17, 2017.
  4. Images #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by Jardí Botànic de Barcelona - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). Last accessed on Monday, July 17, 2017.

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Kirkia wilmsii
Kirkia wilmsii