African Sausage Tree in Mhow, Indore, MP

Dev Kumar

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Oct 27, 2010, 1:18:20 PM10/27/10

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Mhow, Dist Indore, MP
In the Mhow Cemetry amidst the graves of British soldiers and the odd civilian.
African Sausage Tree Kigelia africana

Will send more pics when it flowers.

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Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 27, 2010, 1:24:03 PM10/27/10

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Like most of the Bignoniads this is also pollinated by bats.
Pankaj

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Dev Kumar

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Oct 27, 2010, 2:23:00 PM10/27/10

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Gargji pictures of the same species of tree can be seen in its Wikipedia page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kigelia

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