The Sientific Classification of Pohon Sosis

on

The Sientific Classification of Pohon Sosis
Pohon Sosis (Kigelia Pinnata) or Kigelia in English

Pohon Sosis or Kigelia in English comes from the Mozambican Bantu name, kigeli-keia, while the common names sausage tree and cucumber tree refer to the long, sausage-like fruit. Its name in Afrikaans worsboom also means sausage tree, and its Arabic name means "the father of kit bags" (Roodt 1992). 
It is a tree growing up to 20 m (66 feet) tall. The fresh fruit is poisonous and strongly purgative; fruit are prepared for consumption by drying, roasting or fermentation (Joffe 2003; McBurney 2004).

The Scientific classification of Kigelia
Kingdom:     Plantae
(unranked):     Angiosperms
(unranked):     Eudicots
(unranked):     Asterids
Order:     Lamiales
Family:     Bignoniaceae
Tribe:     Coleeae
Genus:     Kigelia
DC.
Species:     K. africana
Binomial name:  Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth.

More Info Ads:


Comments

Post a Comment