Ochna arborea
oconnorii
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Forested slopes below Nhandore peak, Mt Gorongosa, Mozambique
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| Synonyms: |
Ochna oconnorii E. Phillips |
| Common names: | Cold-bark ochna (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Shrub or small to medium-sized tree. Bark smooth, grey and peeling, revealing a distinctive mottled underbark. Leaves elliptic, up to 10 cm, leathery, shiny green above, paler below, young leaves often bronze; lateral veins numerous and closely spaced; apex tapering to rounded, often with a hair-like tip; margin toothed to subentire. Flowers in branched heads on short side branchlets, bright yellow, c. 2 cm in diameter, sweetly scented, short-lived. Fruit 1-5 small kidney-shaped drupes, grey-green to black, surrounded by the orange-red to red persistent calyx lobes. |
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| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | arborea: tree-like |
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| Flowering time: | Aug - Nov |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, South Africa |
| FZ divisions: | MS |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 599. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 40. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 260. As Ochna oconnorii Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 64. Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 230 - 231. As Ochna oconnorii (Includes a picture). |
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