| Type | Exotic |
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| Family | Bignoniaceae |
| Synonym | Kigelia africana (Lamk.) Benth. |
| Synonym_2 | Crescentia pinnata Jacq., |
| Synonym_3 | Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. in Hook., |
| Local Name | Sivakundalam |
| Trade Name | Sausage Tree |
| Common Name | sausage tree |
| Origin | Tropical africa |
| Botanical Features | Trees, to 15 m high. Leaves imparipinnate, opposite or three at a node, clustered towards the apex of branchlets, estipulate; rachis 14-30 cm long, stout, swollen at the base, glabrous; leaflets 5-9, opposite; petiolule of lateral leaflets 1-2 mm those of terminal leaflet 1-1.5 cm, stout, glabrous; lamina 6-16 ×3-7 cm, obovate, oblong, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, base obliquely acute, round or cordate, apex obtuse and mucronate, margin entire, glabrous, lateral nerves 7-11 pairs, pinnate, prominent, flowers bisexual, in 20-40 cm long axillary pendulous panicles; fruit 30-45 × 8-15 cm, muddy brown, scurfy flakes present, indehiscent. |
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