Accession Data
Kirkia wilmsii
Common Name: Mountain Seringa, Peppertree
Family: Kirkiaceae
Country of Origin: South Africa
Habitat: found on granite and dolomitic soils in dry bushveld
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
Confirmed At: 2026-03-10 19:18:38
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
Flowering Data:
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References
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 June 2015.
- Kirkia wilmsiiat African Plants Database. Accessed 17 June 2015.
- Kirkia wilmsii at Useful Tropical Plants. Last accessed on Monday, July 17, 2017.
- Images #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by Jardà Botà nic de Barcelona - Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). Last accessed on Monday, July 17, 2017.
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