EPPO Global Database

Kigelia africana(KIGAF)

Overview
Code created in: 2001-11-08

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: KIGAF
  • Preferred name: Kigelia africana
  • Authority: (Lamarck) Bentham

Notes

Tropical and southern Africa (except South Africa). Occasionally grown as an ornamental tree. Introduced in Macaronesia (Cabo Verde), Western Asia, India, Indochina, Malesia, China, Madagascar, Mexico, Central America, South America, Australia


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Kigelia aethiopica Decaisne
Kigelia africana subsp. africana (Lamarck) Bentham
Kigelia pinnata (Jacquin) de Candolle

Common names
Name Language
African sausage tree English
Kigelie German
Leberwurstbaum German
arbre à saucisse French
saucissonier French
árbol de las salchichas Spanish
árbol-salchicha Spanish
albero delle salsicce Italian
worstenboom Dutch
árvore-da-salsicha Portuguese
árvore-das-salsichas Portuguese
árvore-salsicha Portuguese
bvévé Portuguese
quigélia Portuguese
korvträd Swedish
кигелия африканская Russian
колбасное дерево Russian
worsboom Afrikaans
drzewo kiełbasiane Polish
kigelia afrykańska Polish
diào dēng shù Chinese
吊灯树 Chinese