Sausage Tree (Kigella Pinatta), Native of AfricaThis strange tree fruit closely resembling huge bologna sausages is the Mecca of Metropolitan Miami sightseers.
Miami Beach,
FL June 3, 1948
Hello Katie Dear,
We are having such a
lovely vacation.
Wouldn’t this tree
come in handy if we have a meat shortage?
Mabel
Miss K. Olsen
129 W 11th
Street
Davenport, Iowa
Yes, Mabel. A
meat tree would be great for a meat shortage, but so would elderly Florida
winter residents. Solyent Green, baby!
Again, we have a featured area attraction based on invasive
species. “Ha, ha, crazy African
tree…it looks like bologna- where did all our native plants go?” The sausage tree, or Kigella Pinatta, produces fruit that is unpalatable for humans, but there are recent studies exploring the possibility of using the plant's bark to treat amoebic infections.
Davenport is a fairly large city and filled with many Olsens,
whether they be Katie’s or Katherine’s.
The house at 129 W. 11th Street is still standing, but the property built in 1900 apparently has no records in the time frame provided by the Scott County Recorders Office.
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