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Herbs, subshrubs or shrubs. Stipules present, but may be caducous; stipels 0. Leaves pinnately 4-many-foliolate; leaflets alternate, asymmetric at base. Inflorescences distichous, mainly dense, ± scorpioid, often in the form of a strobilus; the flowers reflexed. Bracts entire, scarious, brownish and persistent; bracteoles also persistent. Calyx scarious, 5-lobed. Corolla white, yellow, blue or pink. Stamens monadelphous. Pod with 1-9 articles, folded like a concertina, enclosed in the calyx, the articles rounded, smooth. Derivation of name: After Karl Georg Theodor Kotschy (1813-1866), Austrian botanical explorer and plant collector in the Orient. Worldwide: 30 species in tropical Africa and Madagascar Burundi: 9 taxa. |
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| Species | Content | |
| aeschynomenoides (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. | Description, Image | |
| africana Endl. | ||
| capitulifera (Welw. ex Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.[Agg] | ||
| carsonii (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.[Agg] | ||
| ochreata (Taub.) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. | ||
| prittwitzii (Harms) Verdc.[Agg] | ||
| stolonifera (Brenan) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. | ||
| strigosa (Benth.) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.[Agg] | ||
| strobilantha (Welw. ex Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign.[Agg] |
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