Kiggelaria africana (Wild Peach)

A tree with separate male and female flowers found from the Cape to tropical Africa. The sole member of its genus.

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Rosids >  Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales>  Family: Flacourtiaceae

Female flower of Kiggelaria africana on tree growing in Cape Town garden.

Leaves are eaten by caterpillars of the Garden Acraea butterfly Acraea horta.