Schotia

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 Schotia subsp. var.  
Schotia brachypetala
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Fabaceae > Schotia var. ,


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Schotia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Caesalpinioideae. It occurs in southern Africa.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Schotia (named for Richard Schot, companion of Jacquin during his travels in America, 1754-1759). Leguminosae. Small trees or unarmed shrubs, suitable for greenhouse-growing.

Leaves odd-pinnate; lfts. leathery, or small; stipules short: fls. red, showy, clustered in short panicles; bracts and bracteoles ovate or oblong, caducous; calyx-tube disk-bearing, turbinate, short or the base long-attenuate, segms. 4, strongly imbricated; petals 5, slightly unequal, subsessile, imbricated, either ovate or oblong or minute scale-like; stamens 10, free, or shortly connate at the base; ovary stipitate: legume oblong or broad-linear. — About 6 species, Subtrop. and S. Afr. CH


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