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Kotschya africana Endl.

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HIGHER TAXON: Aeschynomeneae

GENUS: Kotschya Endl.

Kotschya africana Endl. [Preferred name]
    Smithia bequaertii De Wild. {Synonym}
    Smithia chamaecrista Benth. {Synonym}
    Smithia chamaecrista var. genuina R.Vig. {Synonym}
    Smithia chamaecrista var. stipulata R.Vig. {Synonym}
    Smithia kotschyi Benth. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Hivaniva [3402]; Nivaniva [3402]; Ramangorona [3402]; Soarindrana [3402]; Sorindrana [3402]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Burundi (N) [210]; Ethiopia (N) [210]; Kenya (N) [210]; Malawi (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [210]; Rwanda (N) [220]; Sudan (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Uganda (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]; Zambia (N) [210]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [3402]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Afromontane forest [210];
    Somalia-Masai grasslands [210];
    Zambezian woodland [210];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 250, 3402] ; Illustration [220, 3402]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3402] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub [3402] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3402] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract, 2005 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H (JS2005)

  
USES:
  Medicine [3402]; Wood [9, 3402]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

9.

  Eggeling, W.J. & Dale, I.R., 1952
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

220.

  Troupin, G., 1984
    Flore du Rwanda

250.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.5. Galegeae, Hedysareae.

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.
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