kigelia

See also: Kigelia

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

kigelia (plural kigelias)

1. The African flowering plant Kigelia africana, sole species in its genus in the family Bignoniaceae.

   Synonyms: cucumber tree, sausage tree

   • 2015 August 29, “Childhood freedoms at heart of a wild life under African skies”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     They found these seeds and painted faces on them,” she says, picking up a long sausage-like fruit fallen from the kigelia trees.

Translations

Kigelia — see sausage tree