5112.000 Ochna L.

Description of the genus

Trees or shrubs, usually completely glabrous. Bark without yellow pigment beneath. Stipules entire or fringed or 2-fid, not striate, deciduous. Leaves petiolate; midrib raised on both the upper and lower leaf surfaces. Inflorescences paniculate to racemose or umbellate or reduced to a solitary flower, terminal or terminating short axillary shoots. Flowering often spectacular and of short duration. Sepals green or yellow (pink or white in O. arenaria) in flower, persistent, enlarging and becoming red in fruit. Petals yellow or rarely orange to white, deciduous. Stamens (14-)20-many. Carpels (3-)5-15.

Worldwide: 86 species in the Old World tropics

Botswana: 5 taxa.

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Menophra obtusata (Pale waved umber)
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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
cinnabarina Engl. & GilgNDescription, Image
glauca I. Verd.?Description, Image
inermis (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Penz.SEDescription, Image
pretoriensis E. Phillips
pulchra Hook. subsp. pulchra N,SEDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Ochna:

Our websites:

Flora of Burundi: Ochna
Flora of Caprivi: Ochna
Flora of the DRC: Ochna
Flora of Malawi: Ochna
Flora of Mozambique: Ochna
Flora of Zambia: Ochna
Flora of Zimbabwe: Ochna
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ochna

External websites:

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

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Ochna.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=957, retrieved 4 December 2024

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