- Family : BIGNONIACEAE
(Bignonia Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : NEELI GULMOHUR FAMILY (नीली गुलमोहर फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Bignoniaceae
- Synonym(s) : Bignonia africana Lam.; Tecoma africana (Lam.) G.Don
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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
- Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Bengaluru district
- Kerala : Kerala
- Odisha : Odisha
- Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
- Delhi : Delhi
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Punjab : Punjab
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Port Blair taluk
- Native : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nige
- Exotic/Native : Exotic
- 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.
- Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 215
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Kigelia africana. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.
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