Mazhar Botanic Garden

Kigelia africana (Lam.) Bebth

Cucumber tree Sausage tree

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000189
English name: Cucumber tree, Sausage tree
Arabic name: مشطورة
Native: Tropical Africa
Country: South Africa
(PGR): Common

Semi evergreen tree to 15-20 m high  leaves  pinnate compound, rough, yellowish green inflorescence is a pendant panicle, 75 m in length, flowers orange to maroon or purplish green fruit woody berry from 30 – 45 cm  long, 18 cm in diameter, Typically it weighs between 5 and 10 kg but occasionally up to 12 kg and hangs down on long, rope-like peduncles The fruit pulp is fibrous, containing many seeds

•Ornamental plants. Medicinal plant. The plant is use traditionally as a remedy for numerous disease such as use wounds healing, rheumatism, psoriasis, diarrhea and stomach ailments. It is also use skin care.

Kigelia pinnata DC, Tecoma africana

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Texture: Clay Loam Sandy
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Spring, early summer
Zone: 10 : 12

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