Fruits; Makutupora, Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 1/2014 © Jörn Germer
Flower; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer
Corolla side view; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer
Fruit; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer
Leaf upper side; Shai Hills, Greater Accra, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer
Leaf lower side; Shai Hills, Greater Accra, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer
Bark; Shai Hills, Greater Accra, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer
Habit solitary plant in maize field; Oyibi, Greater Accra, Ghana; 6/2006 © Jörn Germer
Habit solitary tree; Shai Hills, Greater Accra, Ghana; 4/2006 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 364
Date of entry: 08.07.2006
Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Sausage Tree
German: Leberwurstbaum
Portuguese: Árvore salsicha
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
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