kigelia
See also: Kigelia
English
editEtymology
editFrom the genus name.
Noun
editkigelia (plural kigelias)
- 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
editKigelia — see sausage tree