About Common Sauceage Tree
Kigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the trumpet vine family Bignoniaceae. The genus consists of only one species, Kigelia africana, syn. Kigelia pinnata, which occurs throughout tropical Africa and is cultivated elsewhere in the tropics. Often called sausage tree, it grows a fruit that is up to 60 centimetres (24 in) long, weighs about 5–10 kilograms (11–22 lb), and resembles a sausage in a casing. The fruit and bark of the plant are used by African tribes as traditional medicine. The fruit is poisonous for humans when raw, but is also made into an alcoholic drink by tribes in Kenya. It is eaten by elephants, baboons, and other wild animals, which may disperse the seeds, but their importance for seed dispersal remains unverified.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Kigelia africana
- Genus
- Kigelia
- Family
- BIGNONIACEAE
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Native to
- Africa
- Distribution
- Cultivated in tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- बालम खीरा Balam khira, झाड़ फ़ानूस Jhar fanoos, क्कीग्गॅळीआ आफ़्ऱीक्काण्
- Tamil
- சிவகுண்டலம், மரச் சுரைக்காய்
- Kannada
- ಆನೆತೊರಡುಕಾಯಿ Aanethoradu Kaayi, ಮರಸೌತೆ Mara Sowthe, ಕಿಗೇಲಿಯಾ ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ ನ
- Malayalam
- ശിവകുണ്ഡലം
- Marathi
- ब्रह्मदंड, आफ्रिकन सॉसेज ट्री
Bignoniaceae
Trumpet vine family
Common Sauceage Tree belongs to the Bignoniaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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