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deed, the tree looks as if it were decorated with these 

 familiar things, and is called by the settlers the " sausage 

 tree." Hanging on their long stalks the fruit reminds 



The'-Kigelia tree. The seed vessels'hang on long stalks and are 

 as big as German sausages. Europeans call it the " sausage 

 tree/' 



an Englishman of the big weights of a "grandfather 

 clock." The Wa-Kikuyu use the rind of this fruit to 

 flavour the pombe (native beer). The natives in the 

 Rovuma valley regard it as a charm and hang it outside 



