Fabaceae
Kotschya

Kotschya stolonifera (Brenan) 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 Burundi to Angola. It is a perennial 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]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
[ILDIS]

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial erect or decumbent herb, 0.6–2 m. long, sometimes with short stolons but this may not be a constant feature.
Morphology Stem
Stems covered with spreading tubercular-based hairs.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves fasciculate, 16–34-foliolate; leaflets linear-oblong, 2–4.5 mm. long, 0.75–2 mm. wide, rounded or subacute at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, glabrous or sparsely bristly on the main nerve beneath; margins ciliate; basal nerves 2–5, the main one submarginal; petiole 1–5 mm. long; rhachis 0.6–2.5 cm. long; petiolules very short; stipules lanceolate, 5–9 mm. long, 1–1.5 mm. wide, acuminate, scarious, brown, glabrous, sparsely ciliate, persistent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescences dense, axillary, few-flowered, subsessile, 0.5–1 cm. long; peduncle 3 mm. long; pedicels 2–4 mm. long; bracts ovate-triangular, 5 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, acuminate, glabrous or puberulous and with some tubercular-based hairs on the margins and principal nerves; bracteoles lanceolate, somewhat falcate, 4–6 mm. long, 1–2 mm. wide, acuminate, puberulous and ciliate with tubercular-based hairs.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx sparsely pubescent with tubercular-based hairs, 2-lipped; lips 4–5.5 mm. long, the upper lip shortly divided into 2 rounded or acute lobes, the lower deeply divided into 3 ovate-elliptic, subacute or acute lobes.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard probably yellow, obovate, 4–5 mm. long, 2–2.2 mm. wide, emarginate, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary glabrous, 2-ovuled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pods of l(–?2) articles, 2 mm. long and 1.5 mm. wide, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds blackish, not seen ripe.
Habitat
Not stated but possibly in swampy places; 1200 m.
Distribution
T1
[FTEA]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0