mibungati

How to say it

Meaning

Sausage trees, so called for their long, sausage-shaped fruit pods.

Good to know

plural of mbungati (m- class); compare miegea, a synonym.

Examples

• Mibungati hupatikana kando ya mto.Sausage trees are found along the river.
• Je, matunda ya mibungati yanaliwa?Are the fruits of sausage trees eaten?
• Mibungati mikubwa ilikatwa kwa ajili ya mbao.Large sausage trees were cut down for timber.