• Plant: Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana)
  • Uploaded by arctangent
  • Info: Bract / 2018-07-08 / Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor / License: All rights reserved
  • Caption: Kigelia africana - after the red blooms drop off, what's left are tubular bracts and very long protruding styles (upper left). Some unopened buds are in the lower left.
Photo of Sausage Tree (Kigelia africana) uploaded by arctangent

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