Ochna macrocalyx Oliv.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Nhabawa to Chikukwa, Chimanimani National Reserve

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road just before Nhabawa, Chimanimani National Reserve

Photo: Bart Wursten
Along road from Nhabawa to Chikukwa, Chimanimani National Reserve

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Synonyms:	Diporidium macrocalyx (Oliv.) Van Tiegh. Diporidium macrocarpa (Engl.) Van Tiegh. Ochna macrocarpa Engl. Ochna sp. near O. macrocalyx sensu Palgrave Ochna splendida Engl. Polythecium splendidum (Engl.) Van Tiegh.
Common names:	Dwarf ochna (English)
Frequency:
Status:	Native
Description:	Usually a rhizomatous shrublet with only leaves and flowers appearing above ground, rarely a proper shrub 1-2 m high. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, leathery with a stout or swollen petiole; margin serrulate. Flowers yellow to orange, very short-lived. Calyx spreading, bright red. Carpels 5.
Type location:	Syntypes from Tanzania and Malawi
Notes:
Derivation of specific name:	macrocalyx: with a large calyx
Habitat:	In open miombo woodland
Altitude range: (metres)	60 - 1675 m
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
FZ divisions:	N,Z,MS
Growth form(s):	Shrub under 2 m.
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Images last updated:	Monday 23 December 2019
Literature:	Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 80 - 81. (Includes a picture). Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 604. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 40. *Coates Palgrave, K. et al.* (1956).** Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 291 - 294. as Ochna sp. nr O. macrocalyx (Includes a picture). Da Silva, M.C., Izidine, S. & Amude, A.B. (2004). A preliminary checklist of the vascular plants of Mozambique. Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 30 Sabonet, Pretoria Page 91. Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 260. 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. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 81. Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 234 - 236. (Includes a picture). Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 128.

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