Kigelia africana, Sausage tree,
Hebrew: קיגליה מנוצה, Arabic: كجلة أفريقية

Scientific name:		Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.
Common name:		Sausage tree
Hebrew name:		קיגליה מנוצה
Arabic name:		كجلة أفريقية
Family:		Bignoniaceae, Trumpet-creeper Family, משפחת הביגנוניים

Life form:		Tree, mesophanerophyte
Stems:		Up to 25 meters gigh and 10 meters in diameter, smooth, grey-brown bark
Leaves:		In groups of three at the ends of the branches, 10-20 cm long with 3-8 leaflets
Inflorescence:		Panicles, 30-80 cm long
Flowers:		Tubular, bell-shaped, dark red with yellow veins
Fruits / pods:		Berry, sausage-shaped, 30-90 cm long and 7.5-10 cm in diameter
Flowering Period:		August, September, October
Habitat:		Planted
Distribution:		Suitable for planting only in large gardens; because of the falling fruit it is not suitable to serve as an avenue tree
Chorotype:		Zambia
Summer shedding:		Perennating

Derivation of the botanical name: Kigela, from the Mozambican Bantu name, kigeli-keia, while the common names sausage tree and cucumber tree refer to the long, sausage-like fruit. african, from Africa The standard author abbreviation Lam. is used to indicate Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1744 – 1829),, a French naturalist. The standard author abbreviation Benth. is used to indicate George Bentham (1800 – 1884) , an English botanist. The flowers open only at night, because whoever violates the flower are bats, and they are active only at night. The flowers bloom at night, and bats are thought to pollinate the flowers (butterflies also visit the tree).