Kotschya aeschynomenoides
(Welw. ex Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
Fabaceae
Damapana aeschynomenoides (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze
Kotschya volkensii (Taub.) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.
Smithia aeschynomenoides Welw. ex Baker
Smithia mildbraedii Harms
Smithia ruwenzoriensis Baker f.
Smithia sphaerocephala Baker
Smithia volkensii Taub.
Common Name:
General Information
Kotschya aeschynomenoides is an erect, occasionally decumbent, aromatic shrub with sticky stems; it can grow from 15 - 300cm tall[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
Tropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire; southern Sudan and Kenya, south to Angola, Zambia, Malawi, southern Tanzania
Habitat
Grassland; evergreen bushland with Hypericum; Philippia bushland; Oxytenanthera thicket; Protea, Pteridium grassland; Brachystegia woodland; evergreen forest margins; wet places[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
].
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Shrub |
| Height | 1.50 m |
| Pollinators | Insects |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
Although small, the wood is used for building materials and carpentry[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
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- Author
- Burkil. H. M.
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 1985 - 2004
- ISBN
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- Description
- Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
].
The wood is used for fuel and making charcoal[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Burkil. H. M.
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 1985 - 2004
- ISBN
-
- Description
- Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
