Fabaceae
Kotschya

Kotschya capitulifera (Welw. ex Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.

First published in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 86: 212 (1954)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Kenya to S. Tropical Africa. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual ascending or erect unbranched to much branched aromatic herb, 5–45 cm tall, ± decumbent at the base.
Morphology Stem
Stems glabrous or covered with both bristly and short curved hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 6–20-foliolate; leaflets 2–6 × 0.5–1.5 mm, oblong, elliptic, obliquely obovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, terminated by a bristle, practically glabrous or with a few long bristly hairs on the nerves and margins; petiole 2–6 mm long; rhachis 4–19 mm long; stipules 3–4 × 1 mm, lanceolate, acute or acuminate, scarious, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences small terminal dense heads, 5–18 mm in diameter; peduncles obsolete; pedicels 2 mm long; bracts 2–4 × 2–3 mm, ovate, glabrous or pubescent; bracteoles 2–5 × 0.5–1 mm, falcate, elliptic or lanceolate, glabrous or serrulate with long cilia.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2-lipped; lips scarious and ciliate, 2.5–4 mm long, the upper lip shortly divided into 2 acute or acuminate lobes, the lower shortly divided into 3 obtuse or acute, ovate, elliptic or lanceolate lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard blue, pink, white or violet, 4–5.5(11) × 3.5–4(6) mm, ± obovate, glabrous; wings and keel similarly coloured.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit 2.5 mm long, of 2 articles; articles 1.2 × 1.2 mm, kettle drum-shaped, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds dark reddish-brown, longest dimension c. 0.8 mm, oblong-reniform, slightly produced at one end of hilum.
[FZ]

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual ascending or erect unbranched to much branched aromatic herb, 5–45 cm. tall, ± decumbent at the base.
Morphology Stem
Stems glabrous or covered with both bristly and short curved hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 6–20-foliolate; leaflets oblong, elliptic, obliquely obovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 2–6 mm. long, 0.5–1.5 mm. wide, acute, terminated by a bristle, practically glabrous or with a few long bristly hairs on the nerves and margins; petiole 2–6 mm. long; rhachis 0.4–1.9 cm. long; stipules lanceolate, 3–4 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, acute or acuminate, scarious, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences small terminal dense heads, 0.5–1.8 cm. in diameter; peduncles obsolete; pedicels 2 mm. long; bracts ovate, 2–4 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, glabrous or pubescent; bracteoles falcate, elliptic or lanceolate, 2–5 mm. long, 0.5–1 mm. wide, glabrous or serrulate with long cilia.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx 2-lipped; lips scarious and ciliate, 2.5–4 mm. long, the upper lip shortly divided into 2 acute or acuminate lobes, the lower shortly divided into 3 obtuse or acute, ovate, elliptic or lanceolate lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard blue, pink, white or violet, ± obovate, 4–5.5(–11) mm. long, 3.5–4(–6) mm. wide, glabrous; wings and keel similarly coloured.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods 2.5 mm. long, of 2 articles, each kettledrum-shaped, 1.2 mm. long, 1.2 mm. wide, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds dark reddish-brown, oblong-reniform, slightly produced at one end of hilum, longest dimension ± 0.8 mm.
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian grassland, Zambezian woodland
Morphology General Habit
Annual, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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