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Kohautia grandiflora
Kohautia grandiflora is an annual herb in the coffee family, native to the West African savanna, growing to about 30 cm with small bright pink flowers. It is a weedy plant of disturbed ground and harvested millet fields, so it is not usually grown as a garden or houseplant.
Kohautia grandiflora is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is widespread in the West African savanna, and can be found in most of the coastal countries from Mauritania to Namibia, although its presence in Côte d'Ivoire and Mali is considered doubtful. It grows as far east as Uganda and Sudan. It is also found in Madagascar, Yemen and Oman. It has been introduced in United States (Texas, Florida), Mexico, Cuba, Central America, and northeastern South America. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
It is a common slender, erect ruderal herb growing to 30 cm high or more with small bright pink flowers. It grows especially in millet fields after the harvest in December.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kohautia grandiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
