Martha's exotic Backyard in Israel
Kigelia africana, Crescentia pinnata, Kigelia pinnata, Sausage tree,
Hebrew: קיגליה מנוצה, Arabic: كجلة أفريقية

Scientific name:		Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.
Synonym name:		Crescentia pinnata Jacq., Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC.
Common name:		Sausage tree
Hebrew name:		קיגליה מנוצה
Arabic name:		كجلة أفريقية
Family:		Bignoniaceae, Trumpet-creeper family, ביגנוניים

Life form:		Tree, up to 20m
Stems:		light brown sometimes flaky bark
Leaves:		Odd pinnately, composite opposite leaves, leaflets, ovate to oblong, 4-18 cm long
Inflorescence:		Ancillary panicles up to 2m long
Flowers:		Corolla of fused petals, irregularly bell shaped, 9-13 cm long, yellowish on outside and dark red on inside
Fruits / pods:		Oblong, hard 30-50 cm long
Flowering Period:		July, August
Chorotype:		Africa
Summer shedding:		Perennating

Derivation of the botanical name: Kigelia, based on an African name. africana, from Africa. The Hebrew name: קיגליה, Kigelia , transliteration from the scientific name. The standard author abbreviation Lam. is used to indicate Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744 – 1829), a French naturalist. The standard author abbreviation Benth. is used to indicate George Bentham (1800 – 1884), an English botanist. The flowers only open at night and are pollinated by bats and hawk-moths.