The sausage tree, Kigelia or Worsboom is native to which continent?
Kigelia Kigelia Kigelia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae. The genus consists of only one species, Kigelia africana, which occurs throughout tropical Africa, from Eritrea and Chad south to northern South Africa, and west to Senegal and Namibia. Common in India, with many medicinal uses, the species's distribution is most certainly anthropogenic. The sausage tree grows a fruit that is up to 2 feet long, weighs about 15 lbs, and looks like a sausage. The genus name comes from the Mozambican Bantu name, "kigeli-keia", while the common names sausage tree and cucumber tree refer to the long,
Kigelia sausage-like fruit. Its name in Afrikaans "worsboom" also means sausage tree, and its Arabic name means "the father of kit-bags". It is a tree growing up to 20 m (66 feet) tall and it typically has spreading branches. The bark is grey and smooth at first, peeling on older trees. It can be as thick as 6 mm on a 15-cm diameter branch. The wood is pale brown or yellowish, undifferentiated and not prone to cracking. The tree is evergreen where rainfall occurs throughout the year, but deciduous where there is a long dry season. The leaves are opposite or