sausage tree

Kigelia africana

Flower name
sausage tree
Scientific name
Kigelia africana
Aliassausage tree, cucumber tree, Kigelia africana
Place of originEthiopia
Place of floweringGreenhouse, Botanical Gardens, Subtropical region, Ornamental plants
Flowering seasonJuly, August

What is sausage tree

sausage tree, Kigelia africana is originally from　Ethiopia, and a flower stalk is a climbing fallen leaves shrub of the Bignoniaceae family. It draws out raceme and makes orange trumpet-formed flowers bloom in summer. A color of a flower has orange and red. The part split in five of the tip to be seen like 5 valves flower is big and open flat , and the pipe part of the trumpet-formed corolla is shot. An aerial root going out of the knob of the vine adsorbs it to the wall of a house or trees , and enlarges power steadily.