Kotschya africana Endl.

First published in Nov. Stirp. Dec.: 6 (1839)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ethiopia to S. Tropical Africa, Madagascar. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/129271063/129271076

Conservation
LC - least concern
[IUCN]

Leguminosae, B. Verdcourt. Flora Zambesiaca 3:6. 2000

Morphology General Habit
Erect shrub 1–4.5(6) m tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems covered with glandular bristly tubercular-based hairs.
Morphology Leaves
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.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
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.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
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.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
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.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 6–9-ovulate, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 4–9-jointed; articles 3–4 × 2–3.2 mm, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds ochraceous or reddish-brown, 2–2.8 × 1.8–2.2 × 1–1.3 mm, depressed half-globose-reniform; hilum minute, eccentric.
[FZ]

Leguminosae, J. B. Gillett, R. M. Polhill & B. Verdcourt. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1971

Morphology General Habit
Erect shrub 1–4.5(–6) m. tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems covered with glandular bristly tubercular-based hairs.
Morphology Leaves
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.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
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.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
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.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
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.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 6–9-ovulate, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 4–9-jointed; articles 3–4 mm. long and 2–3.2 mm. wide, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
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.
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland, Somalia-Masai grasslands, Afromontane forest
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
Vernacular
Hivaniva, Nivaniva, Ramangorona, Soarindrana, Sorindrana
[ILDIS]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Uses

Use
Medicine, Wood
[ILDIS]

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