Fabaceae FAMILY

Kotschya uguenensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kotschya uguenensis is an erect shrub with an unpleasant aroma; it can grow 100 - 600cm tall[ 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. ]. The plant has excellent potential for use as a larvicide against mosquito larvae[ 1512 Title Larvicidal activity of Kotschya uguenensis plant powders and methanol extracts against Anopheles gambiae ss larvae i Publication Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science 3(2):122-126, February 2013 Author Ester Innocent; M.H.H. Nkunya; Ahmed Hassanali Website https://doi.org/10.7324/JAPS.2013.30221 Publisher Year 2013 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeEast tropical Africa - Tanzania, eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique

HabitatForming impenetrable thickets along the margins of water courses, forest edges, evergreen bushland and moor, Syzygium swamp forest; at elevations from 1,000 - 2,010 metres[ 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. ].