Kotschya africana Endl.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Kotschya

Characteristics

Erect shrub 1–4.5(–6) m. tall.. Stems covered with glandular bristly tubercular-based hairs.. Leaves 20–42-foliolate; leaflets oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2–10(–12.5) mm. long, 0.5–3.5(–4) mm. wide, slightly falcate and acute at the apex, obliquely or minutely emarginate at the base, glabrous or pubescent and with some tubercular-based hairs on the submarginal main nerve beneath, margins denticulate-ciliate; petiole and rhachis together 2–7.6 cm. long; petiolules minute; stipules ovate-lanceolate, 3–7.5 mm. long, 1.2–3.5 mm. wide, acute, margined or covered with tubercular-based hairs, scarious, veined, persistent.. Inflorescences axillary, dense, 1–few-flowered, not strobilate; rhachis 2–6 cm. long, mostly with bristly yellow hairs; peduncle 3–5 mm. long or very short or obsolete; pedicels 4–6 mm. long; sterile bracts often several and conspicuous; bracts ovate, 3.5–8 mm. long, 1.3–3 mm. wide, acute or acuminate, glabrescent or covered with bulbous-based hairs outside; bracteoles ovate-lanceolate, 3–7 mm. long, 1.2–2 mm. wide, acute or acuminate, pubescent.. Calyx pubescent and bristly-hairy, 1–2.2 cm. long, the upper lip emarginate or bifid for 0.5–3 mm., the lower lip deeply divided for half or just over half its length into 3 diverging lanceolate-acuminate lobes, the central one usually longest and narrowest.. Standard orange-yellow, often veined with reddish-purple, obovate or rounded, 0.95–1.9 cm. long, 0.45–1 cm. wide, emarginate, glabrous; wings orange-yellow, hairy at apex; keel greenish-yellow, often veined with pale red, hairy at apex.. Ovary 6–9-ovulate, pubescent.. Pods 4–9-jointed; articles 3–4 mm. long and 2–3.2 mm. wide, pubescent.. Seeds ochraceous or reddish-brown, depressed half-globose-reniform, longest dimension 2–2.8 mm., shorter dimension 1.8–2.2 mm., 1–1.3 mm. thick; hilum minute, eccentric.
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Leaves 20–42-foliolate, leaflets 2–10(12.5) × 0.5–3.5(4) mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, slightly falcate and acute at the apex, obliquely or minutely emarginate at the base, glabrous or pubescent and with some tubercular-based hairs on the submarginal main nerve beneath, margins denticulate-ciliate; petiole and rhachis together 2–7.6 cm long; petiolules minute; stipules 3–7.5 × 1.2–3.5 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute, margined or covered with tubercular-based hairs, scarious, veined, persistent.
Inflorescences axillary, dense, 1–few-flowered, not strobilate; peduncle 3–5 mm long or very short or obsolete; rhachis 2–6 cm long, mostly with bristly yellow hairs; pedicels 4–6 mm long; sterile bracts often several and conspicuous; bracts 3.5–8 × 1.3–3 mm, ovate, acute or acuminate, glabrescent or covered with bulbous-based hairs outside; bracteoles 3–7 × 1.2–2 mm, ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, pubescent.
Calyx pubescent and bristly-hairy, 10–22 mm long, the upper lip emarginate or 2-fid for 0.5–3 mm, the lower lip deeply divided for just over half its length into 3 diverging lanceolate-acuminate lobes, the central one usually longest and narrowest.
Standard orange-yellow, often veined with reddish-purple, 9.5–18 × 4.5–10 mm, obovate or rounded, emarginate, glabrous; wings orange-yellow, hairy at apex; keel greenish-yellow, often veined with pale red, hairy at apex.
Seeds ochraceous or reddish-brown, 2–2.8 × 1.8–2.2 × 1–1.3 mm, depressed half-globose-reniform; hilum minute, eccentric.
Stems covered with glandular bristly tubercular-based hairs.
Fruit 4–9-jointed; articles 3–4 × 2–3.2 mm, pubescent.
Ovary 6–9-ovulate, pubescent.
Erect shrub 1–4.5(6) m tall.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 4.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fuel material medicinal wood
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Images

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Distribution

Kotschya africana world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Conservation status

Kotschya africana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:501270-1
WFO ID wfo-0000175259
COL ID 3RDPL
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Synonyms

Smithia chamaecrista Smithia bequaertii Smithia africana Damapana africana Smithia chamaecrista var. genuina Smithia chamaecrista var. stipulata Kotschya africana

Lower taxons

Kotschya africana var. africana Kotschya africana var. ringoetii