Return to This Plant's Category:  Kalanchoe to Manihot Kigelia africana (Syn.: Kigelia pinnata), Sausage Tree
	Code: 90626 Price: $19.95 Out of Stock
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Family: Bignoniaceae Rarely offered distinctive ornamental tree grown for its pendulous racemes of velvety maroon bell-shaped flowers and hanging sausage-shaped fruit. Flowers open at night in summer and are primarily bat pollinated, although insects and birds also visit the flowers. The long stalked grey gourd-like fruit is hard and inedible and can grow up to 2 feet long. Tree has a rounded shape with a spreading crown and grows up to 40 feet high on a short, squat grey trunk. The briefly semi-deciduous leaves are leathery, slightly glossy pinnately compound. Has been grown successfully in frost free Southern California gardens. Native to tropical Africa. USDA zones 9b - 11.

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(B) Hanging
basket (D) Dwarf
under 12" (F) Flourescent lights for
indoor light culture (H) Humid
conditions (M) Miniature
under 6" (T) Terrarium
plant (W) Winter
flowering

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