• Family : BIGNONIACEAE
  (Bignonia Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEELI GULMOHUR FAMILY (नीली गुलमोहर फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : BIGNONIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.
• Common name : Common Sauceage Tree
• Vernacular name : Yaanaipudukkan, Marachchurai, Sivankundalam (Tamil); Enugu thondamu, Kijili, Nadamalli (Telugu); Sivakundalam (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Planted
• Comments / notes : Introduced in India; in gardens and avenues
• Flower, Fruit : March-December
• Native : Africa
• World Distribution : Cultivated in tropics
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kigelia africana. Downloaded on 4 June 2025.

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