See text Duvaucellia Bowdich (1825), nom.

Kohautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.

They are native to tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.

[3] The type species for the genus is Kohautia senegalensis.

[5] This generic name honors Franz Kohaut (d. 1822), a plant collector who worked in West Africa for the botanist Franz Sieber (1789-1844).