Kigelia pinnata - Sausage tree

Sausage tree, Kigelia pinnata

Sausage tree is an extremely variable, semideciduous tree with a large, dense, spreading crown; it sometimes grows up to 23 metres tall but is usually smaller. The bole is sometimes crooked, it usually branches from low-down and can be 80cm in diameter.

Uses

Wound healing, Skin diseases, Venereal diseases, Diarrhea, Infertility, Jaundice, Leprosy

Parts Used

Bark, Roots, Fruits, Leaves

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada	aanethoradu kaayi, mara sowthae
Hindi	Balam kheera, jhar fanoos
Malayalam
Tamil	Yanai pudukan
Telugu	enuga thondamu, jijiliyaarnattu, kijili, naagamalle
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English	African sausage tree

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Habit

Semi deciduous tree

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Pinnate	Opposite	crowded near the ends of branches, compound, with 3-5 pairs of leaflets plus a terminal leaflet; leaflets oblong, up to 6 x 10 cm, leathery, roughly hairy on both surfaces, rather yellowish-green above, paler green below, apex broadly tapering to rounded; base square, asymmetric in the lateral leaflets, symmetric in the terminal leaflet; margin entire, sometimes obscurely toothed, wavy; the lower leaflets shortly petiolulate, the terminal pair without petiolules; petiole up to 15 cm long

Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Bisexual	Pendulous panicles	Flowers striking, dark maroon with heavy yellow veining on the outside, cup shaped, asymmetric, up to 15 cm across the mouth, unpleasant smelling; in 6- to 12-flowered, lax, pendulous sprays up to 90 cm long. Calyx shortly tubular with 2-5 ribbed lobes; corolla widely cup shaped with 5 broad spreading lobes; stamens 4, slightly protruding beyond the mouth of the corolla tube; ovary 1-chambered.		{{{5}}}

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
Sausage shaped	45 cm long by 15 cm diameter		greyish-brown, heavily dotted with lenticels, indehiscent, heavy, weighing up to 12 kg, containing a fibrous pulp in which are embedded many seeds.

Mode of Propagation

Seeds

How to plant/cultivate

A plant of low to higher elevations in the tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 3,000 metres.

Commonly seen growing in areas

Tropical area, Sub tropical area

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External Links

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• [ http://nutrientjournal.com/sausage-tree-kigelia-africana-bark-extract-central-nervous-system-stimulant/]