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 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

The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
Hemerophila obtusata (Pale waved umber)
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SpeciesFZ divisionsContent
angustata N. RobsonN,Z,MS
arborea Burch. ex DC. var. arborea M
arborea Burch. ex DC. var. oconnorii (E. Phillips) Du ToitMSDescription, Image
barbosae N. RobsonGI,M
beirensis N. RobsonMS
confusa Burtt Davy & GreenwayMS
gambleoides N. RobsonN
holstii Engl.Z,MSDescription, Image
inermis (Forssk.) Schweinf. ex Penz.MDescription, Image
kirkii Oliv.N,Z
leptoclada Oliv.N,Z,T,MImage
macrocalyx Oliv.N,Z,MSDescription, Image
mossambicensis KlotzschN,Z,MS
natalitia (Meisn.) Walp.MS,GI,M
polyneura GilgN,T,MS
pulchra Hook. subsp. pulchra MSDescription, Image
rovumensis GilgN,MS
schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm.N,Z,MSDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Ochna:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Ochna
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Ochna
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Ochna
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Ochna
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ochna
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Ochna

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Ochna.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=957, retrieved 25 May 2013

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