Common name
English: Sausage Tree
German: Leberwurstbaum
Portuguese: Árvore salsicha
English: Sausage Tree
German: Leberwurstbaum
Portuguese: Árvore salsicha
Kingdom: Plantae (2629)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2532)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2141)
Order: Scrophulariales (94)
Family: Bignoniacea (18)(family description)
Genus: Kigelia (1)
Epithet: africana (Lam.) Benth. (7)
Synonym: Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC.
africana => of African origin
pinnata => two rows of leaflets
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: purple, red