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Synonyms: |
Ochna mossambicensis Klotzsch |
Common names: | Large-flowered ochna (English) |
Frequency: | |
Status: | Native |
Description: |
Shrub or small tree. Bark pale whitish brown, rough; ends of stems often with rosette galls, like small protea buds. Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, 7-23 cm, leathery with very dense net-veining; margin closely and finely toothed; petiole stout and swollen. Flowers in branched heads on short spur-branchlets, bright yellow, 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter, short-lived. Fruit 3-5 small subspherical drupes, purplish, surrounded by the bright red, spreading calyx lobes. |
Notes: | |
Derivation of specific name: | atropurpurea: dark purple |
Habitat: | On sandy soils in open woodland and among rocks. |
Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 400 m |
Flowering time: | Sep - Nov |
Worldwide distribution: | Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe |
Zimbabwe distribution: | E,S |
Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m. |
Endemic status: | |
Red data list status: | |
Insects associated with this species: | |
Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: | Sunday 1 July 2007 |
Literature: |
Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 605. As Ochna mossambicensis (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 40. As Ochna serrulata 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. Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Page 233. |
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