Kohautia confusa (Hutch. & Dalz.) Bremek.

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Kohautia confusa

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Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

Kohautia confusa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

Kohautia confusa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

Kohautia confusa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

Kohautia confusa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

Kohautia confusa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

Kohautia confusa

Picture: Bart Wursten
Path to Chisanga Falls, Nyika National Park

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Synonyms: Kohautia stricta sensu DC. non Smith
Kohautia ubangensis Bremek.
Oldenlandia confusa Hutch. & Dalz.
Oldenlandia effusa sensu Hiern in F.T.A. 3: 59 (1877) non Oliver
Common names:
Frequency:
Status: Native
Description:
Slender, laxly branched annual herb, 20-70 cm tall. Leaves linear to filiform, 10-45 mm long, only slightly narrowed at the base, mostly hairless but sparsely papillose on the lower midrib. Inflorescence lax, extensive. Flowers distinctly pedicellate, 2 at each node, red to pale violet or whitish, paler beneath; tube and back of the corolla lobes sometimes papillose. Capsules subglobose, 2.7-3.8 mm long, more or less hairless.
Type location:
Senegal
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:
Habitat: In woodland and grassland, often in disturbed areas or as a weed of cultivation and on roadsides.
Altitude range: 200 - 1860 m
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Worldwide distribution: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Nigeria, Cameroon, CAR, Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): C,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Lk,S
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Literature:

Verdcourt, B. (1988). Rubiaceae, Part 1 Flora Zambesiaca 5(1) Pages 95 - 96.

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Kohautia confusa
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Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Kohautia confusa
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Tropicos: Kohautia confusa
Wikipedia: Kohautia confusa


Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Kohautia confusa.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=189580, retrieved 29 March 2024

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