Fabaceae
Kotschya

Kotschya prittwitzii (Harms) Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 24: 45 (1970)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Burundi to Zambia. It is a shrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect subshrub or shrub ± 0.9–1.8 m. tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems pubescent when young with tubercular-based hairs; bark becoming fissured and somewhat flaky on the older stems.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 9–10(–12)-foliolate; leaflets oblanceolate or oblong, falcate, 0.6–1.85 cm. long, 1.2–4 mm. wide, acute at the apex, cuneate, entire or ciliate-denticulate, glabrous or minutely pubescent; basal nerves 3–6; petiole and rhachis together 1–2.5 cm. long; petiolules very short; stipules joined for 3–4 mm., sometimes dense and sheathing on the young shoots, triangular or lanceolate, 0.8–1.8 cm. long, 3.5–6 mm. wide, acute or acuminate, membranous, pubescent, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences axillary, dense, few-several-flowered, subsessile, ± 1–1.5(–2) cm. long; pedicels 3–3.5(–5) mm. long; bracts ± ovate, 5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, striate, pubescent; bracteoles ovate, 5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glandular-pubescent, 8–10 mm. long, 2-lipped; lips oblong, the upper divided for half its length into 2 acute lobes, the lower divided for two-thirds of its length into 3 lanceolate lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, obovate, somewhat hooded, 1.05–1.45 cm. long, 4–8 mm. wide, hairy on midrib outside, otherwise glabrous; wings and keel yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods of 1–2 articles, each rounded, 3 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds chestnut, trigonous or oblong-reniform, longest dimension ± 2–2.5 mm., slightly beaked beyond the eccentric hilum.
[FTEA]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Ecology
Africa: Zambezian woodland, Zambezian bushland and thicket, Zambezian grassland
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Shrub
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Erect subshrub or shrub c. 0.9–1.8 m tall.
Morphology Stem
Stems pubescent when young with tubercular-based hairs; bark becoming fissured and somewhat flaky on the older stems.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves 9–10(12)-foliolate; leaflets 6–18.5 × 1.2–4 mm, oblanceolate or oblong, falcate, acute at the apex, cuneate, entire or ciliate-denticulate, glabrous or minutely pubescent; basal nerves 3–6; petiole and rhachis together 10–25 mm long; petiolules very short; stipules joined for 3–4 mm, sometimes dense and sheathing on the young shoots, 8–18 × 3.5–6 mm, triangular or lanceolate, acute or acuminate, membranous, pubescent, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences axillary, dense, few–several-flowered, subsessile, c. 10–15(20) mm long; pedicels 3–3.5(5) mm long; bracts 5 × 2 mm, ± ovate, striate, pubescent; bracteoles 5 × 2.5 mm, ovate, pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx glandular-pubescent, 8–10 mm long, 2-lipped; lips oblong, the upper divided for half its length into 2 acute lobes, the lower divided for two-thirds of its length into 3 lanceolate lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard yellow, somewhat hooded, 10.5–14.5 × 4–8 mm, obovate, hairy on midrib outside, otherwise glabrous; wings and keel yellow.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit of 1–2 articles; articles 3 × 2.5 mm, rounded, pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds chestnut-brown, longest dimension c. 2–2.5 mm, trigonous or oblong-reniform, slightly beaked beyond the eccentric hilum.
[FZ]

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]

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