Kohautia attenuata(Willd.) I.M.Turner

WFO wfo-1000030278 Accepted WFO 2026-06 3 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–c · 1 observation

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 1 time, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Kohautia attenuata, photographed by Swarochi Tathagath
fig. a Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-09-19 / obs. 158355391
Kohautia attenuata, photographed by Swarochi Tathagath
fig. b Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158355422
Kohautia attenuata, photographed by Swarochi Tathagath
fig. c Swarochi Tathagath, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 158355366

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Native range 25 botanical countries

Regions where Kohautia attenuata is native: Botswana, Cape Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Northern Provinces, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Yemen, Cambodia, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Vietnam BotswanaChadDjiboutiEritreaEthiopiaFree StateKenyaMaliMauritaniaNamibiaNigerNorthern ProvincesSenegalSomaliaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaUgandaZimbabweYemenCambodiaIndiaPakistanVietnam Cape VerdeMaldives
Native distribution of Kohautia attenuata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Botswana BOT AFRICA
Cape Verde CVI
Chad CHA
Djibouti DJI
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
Mali MLI
Mauritania MTN
Namibia NAM
Niger NGR
Northern Provinces TVL
Senegal SEN
Somalia SOM
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Uganda UGA
Zimbabwe ZIM
Cambodia CBD ASIA-TROPICAL
India IND
Maldives MDV
Pakistan PAK
Vietnam VIE
Yemen YEM ASIA-TEMPERATE

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 13 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Hedyotis aspera B.Heyne ex Roth
  • Hedyotis attenuata Willd.
  • Hedyotis brachiata Wight
  • Hedyotis elongata Wall. ex G.Don
  • Hedyotis strumosa A.Rich.
  • Kohautia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) Bremek.
  • Kohautia strumosa Hochst. ex A.Rich.
  • Oldenlandia aspera (B.Heyne ex Roth) DC.
  • Oldenlandia attenuata (Willd.) M.R.Almeida
  • Oldenlandia brachiata (Wight) Hook.f.
  • Oldenlandia leclercii A.Chev.
  • Oldenlandia pusilla Rottler
  • Oldenlandia strumosa (A.Rich.) Hiern

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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