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Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.

Synonym	:	Bignonia africana Lam.
Family	:	Bignoniaceae
Local name	:	English-   Sausage tree Malayalam- Sivakundalam
Flowering and fruiting period	:	Throughout the year
Distribution	:	Africa; introduced in the tropics as ornamental tree
Distribution in kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Grown as ornamental tree
Uses	:	Grown as ornamental tree
Key botanical characters: Trees, to 15 m high. Leaves imparipinnate, opposite or three at a node, clustered towards the apex of branchlets, estipulate; rachis  stout, swollen at the base, glabrous; leaflets 5-9, opposite; petiolule of lateral leaflets 1-2 mm those of terminal leaflet stout, glabrous; lamina obovate, oblong, elliptic-oblong or obovate-oblong, base obliquely acute, round or cordate, apex obtuse and mucronate, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceousFlowers bisexual, in 20-40 cm long axillary pendulous panicles; calyx  campanulate, 2-lipped; corolla dark purple with yellow stripes, campanulateFruit muddy brown, scurfy flakes present, indehiscent.