African Sausage Tree.

[Padmini Raghavan]

The Kigelia africana is in full bloom all over Chennai. It is a pleasure to see the flowers strewn all under the trees in the mornings.

As it was cloudy, I managed to get one infloresence in situ.

 The buds are also seen.

Padmini Raghavan.

[tanay bose]

All the photos would have been a great catch but hopefully you trembled looking at the beauty of the flowers
Tanay

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[promila chaturvedi]

Long time back in a small writeup of National Geographic I read that Red Indian used the juice of the leaves of this tree- Kijelia pinnata- to treat skin malignancy. 

During British time a pod of the tree came to Bombay Presidecy shores with the sea waves and it flurished in our climate happily.

Promila

[Satish Phadke]

Nice big inflorescence. I remember I had seen them in IIT Madras campus which is a very good biodiversity area.
Satish Phadke

Padmini Raghavan.

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[Pardeshi S.]

there are a few very good trees at Dadar Parsi colony, Mumbai.
recently i observed this plant being planted on a large scale as
avenue in new developing areas around Mumbai and at New mumbai. a few
plants are also present in Pune. one tree i have observed in Gondiya
district too.
strangely the inflorescence alwayz gets out of focus during
photography (has happened to me many times).

Regards
Satish Pardeshi

On Jun 15, 7:39 pm, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nice big inflorescence. I remember I had seen them in IIT Madras campus
> which is a very good biodiversity area.
> Satish Phadke
>

> On 14 June 2010 23:36, Padmini Raghavan <padi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > The Kigelia africana is in full bloom all over Chennai. It is a pleasure to
> > see the flowers strewn all under the trees in the mornings.
> > As it was cloudy, I managed to get one infloresence in situ.
> >  The buds are also seen.
> > Padmini Raghavan.
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[Alpa Sheth]

Hi All:

 

I'm a kindergarten student of botany...

 

Having grown up in the Dadar Parsi Colony and 5 gardens area in Mumbai, I have had daily access to  a veritable collection of trees- Kigelia Pinnata, Barringtonia acutangula, Swietenia Macrophylla and Mahogani, Tabebuia Megapotamica, Canon ball tree, Kleinhovia Hospita,  Diospyros Peregrina, Berrya Cordifolia, to name a few....

 

A few years ago a Parsi gentleman made a little field booklet which took you along the avenues of that area and identified the trees as you walked along the specified route. Some trees have
alas been lost since but  many are still around. What a great gift to the area!

 

It would be great if every  neighbourhood would mark their green territory and record its botanical history for posterity.

 

The purists may frown at the large number of exotic trees in our area but it is indeed the green heritage of the area just as colonial architecture is Mumbai's heritage....

 

 

Cheers,

Alpa

 

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[tanay bose]

A great Idea Alpha Ji,
Tanay

[Subhash Sule]

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From: Subhash Sule <subhas...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:38548] African Sausage Tree.
To: promila chaturvedi <thegardener...@gmail.com>

Kigelia africana syn. of K. pinnata (Jacq.) DC.

 

Kigelia pinnata (Jacq.) DC. syn. K. aethiopia ; K. africana ; Crescentia pinnata Jacq. [WoI V 318. [Bole, Fl Saurashtra II, BSI p 157

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sausage tree,english,WoI Vol 5 p 318

brahmadan, marathi, Kigelia africana, INGALHALIKAR vol 2  p 495 

 

HABITAT

Cultivated in many parts of India. [WoI V 318

 

DESCRIPTION

A medium-sized spreading tree of rapid growth, with short trunk and long distorted branches. The bark of the tree is greyish brown, rough, leaves imparipinnate: leaflets 7-9, elliptic-oblong or obovate, entire or serrate, 3-6 in. long; flowers deep chocolate-red, in long pendulous panicles; fruit gourd-like, up to 18 in. long 5 in. diam., hanging by a rope-like penduncle up to 7 ft. long; seeds many, embedded in fibrous pulp. There is condiderable diffrence of opinion regarding the identity and synonymy of the plant cultivated in India with K. afaricana Benth. and K. aethiopica Decne. [WoI V 318

 

AMENITY

An ornamental and roadside tree. [WoI V 318

 

 

FOOD

Roasted seeds are eaten in times of scarcity. [WoI V 319

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INDUSTRY

The dry fruit may be used for the preparation of active carbon. [WoI V 319

 

MEDICINE

The fruit is used in Africa as dressing for ulcers and for syphilis and rheumatism; it has purgative properties. The bark is used in rheumatism, dysentery and venereal diseases. [WoI V 319

 

PEST CONTROL

Bark extracts inhibit Zinnia mosaic and Launaea mosaic viruses. Total inhibition. MAPA 8902 666

 

TIMBER

The wood (wt., 44 lb./cu. ft.) is hard and of good quality, but long pieces are difficult to obtain. [WoI V 319

 

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promila chaturvedi to tanay, Padmini, indiantreepix

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Long time back in a small writeup of National Geographic I read that Red Indian used the juice of the leaves of this tree- Kijelia pinnata- to treat skin malignancy.

During British time a pod of the tree came to Bombay Presidecy shores with the sea waves and it flurished in our climate happily.

Promila

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[Subhash Sule]

African Sausage Tree

 

Some more info

 

Regards

 

Subhash Sule

Sachetan / Centre for Holistic Studies

www.chs-sachetan.org

 

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[tanay bose]

Thanks for sharing the fact of this much popular tre !!
Tanay

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