mbungati

How to say it

Meaning

the sausage tree, so called for its long sausage-shaped fruit pods.

Good to know

botanical term for a well-known African tree species (Kigelia pinnata).

Examples

• Mti wa mbungati una matunda marefu kama soseji.The sausage tree has long fruit shaped like sausages.
• Wanyamapori hula matunda ya mbungati.Wild animals eat the fruit of the sausage tree.
• Mbungati hupandwa kwa ajili ya kivuli.The sausage tree is planted for shade.