Sausage tree

Where does Sausage tree grow?

Found in: Africa, Andamans, Angola, Asia, Australia, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa, Central African Republic, CAR, Chad, China, Congo, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, East Africa, Egypt, Equatorial-Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinée, Guinea-Bissau, Hawaii, India, Indochina, Indonesia, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marquesas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, North Africa, Pacific, Pakistan, Rwanda, SE Asia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Southern Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, United States, West Africa, West Indies, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Notes: There is only one Kigelia species. The fruit is used for medicinal purposes. It has anticancer properties. In Slovenia it is probably in a hot house.

Status: A famine food.

Growing Sausage tree

Cultivation: Plants are grown from seed. Seeds germinate poorly and slowly. Plants grow naturally from seeds. Seeds should be sown fresh. It can be grown from large cuttings.

Edible Uses: CAUTION: Both the ripe and unripe fruit are poisonous. The fruit pulp and bark are used for making beer. The seeds are used as a famine food after baking. The fruit are used with sugar to make drinks. The flowers are used in a sauce. They are eaten as a vegetable. The leaves are used to make a palmnut soup eaten by lactating women.

Production: The tree is slow growing in cool places and faster in warm locations. In Central African Republic it flowers in June and September.

Nutrition Info

Sausage tree Photos

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