6780.000 Kanahia R. Br.

Description of the genus

Perennial herbs. Leaves with minute bristles in the axis. Flowers in pseudumbels, spirally arranged around the top of the peduncle. Corolla with densely woolly upper surface. Corona 5-lobed; lobes projected into 2 short horns directed over the staminal column. Follicles ellipsoid. Seeds with tuft of hairs.

Worldwide: 2 species in tropical Africa and Arabia

Kenya: 1 taxon.

Kanahia laniflora

Links to taxa:     View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus

SpeciesFTEA divisionsContent
laniflora (Forssk.) R. Br.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Kanahia:

Our websites:

Flora of Angola: Kanahia
Flora of Botswana: Kanahia
Flora of Mozambique: Kanahia
Flora of Tanzania: Kanahia
Flora of Uganda: Kanahia
Flora of Zambia: Kanahia
Flora of Zimbabwe: Kanahia

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Kanahia
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Kanahia
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Kanahia
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Kanahia
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Kanahia
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Kanahia
JSTOR Plant Science: Kanahia
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Kanahia
Plants of the World Online: Kanahia
Tropicos: Kanahia
Wikipedia: Kanahia

Copyright: The Kenya flora team, 2026

The Kenya flora team (2026). Flora of Kenya: Genus page: Kanahia.
https://www.kenyaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1133, retrieved 18 September 2026

Site software last modified: 24 June 2025 6:53pm (GMT +2)
Terms of use