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Sausage Tree

Kigelia africana

Photo by SukanyaDatta
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium-sized tree with spreading crown. Flowers are large, funnel-shaped, maroon coloured and dangle. Fruit is like a sausage and hangs from the trees by means of thin stalks.

Habitat:

Avenue and garden trees.

Notes:

Reportedly the seeds are poisonous. Bat-pollinated flower.

Reference Links:

Kigelia, Kigelia africana - Sausage Tree

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
SukanyaDatta
Hema....much fatter, cylindrical not flat like imli.

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedJune 19, 2014

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