Sausage tree (Kigelia africana)
This large tree is spread sparsely throughout Serengeti. It produces characteristic long (1 m),
succulent, poisonous fruits that drop from the tree and release seeds
as the pulp rots. The vine-like fruit stalks can be seen for months
after the fruits are dropped.
There is a dry bush joke that the worst
place to camp is under a Sausage tree
.. if the 5 kg fruits don't crush
you, then the elephants will as they come to collect the fruits. There
is a widespread local belief that Sausage tree fruits, when hung in your
hut, will ward-off whirlwinds.
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