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Ochna natalitia
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Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, SW firebreak, W side
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Catapu, SW firebreak, W side
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Levasflor, next the old Maciambose road
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Levasflor, next the old Maciambose road
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, next the old Maciambose road
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, next the old Maciambose road
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Levasflor, next the old Maciambose road
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Coutardo 12, Envirotrade camp
Photo: Meg Coates Palgrave
Coutardo 12, Envirotrade camp
Photo: Bart Wursten
Bue Maria, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Bart Wursten
Bue Maria, Gorongosa National Park.
Photo: Lee Bennett
Sandforest loop, Gorongosa National Park.
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| Synonyms: |
Diporidium natalitium Meisn. Ochna arborea sensu Sim p.p. Ochna atropurpurea DC. var. natalitia (Meisn.) Harv. Ochna chilversii Phillips |
| Common names: | Natal plane (English) Showy ochna (English) Showy plane (English) |
| Frequency: | |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Sometimes a small tree but often a small shrub less than 2 m tall; branchlets with numerous lenticels. Leaves very variable depending on habitat and growth form, oblong to elliptic-oblong, 3-13 cm long, often leathery in exposed situations, lateral veins numerous and close together; margin more or less finely toothed; petiole 1-2 mm long. Flowers in terminal heads or on short lateral shoots, golden-yellow, 1.5-3 cm in diameter, often with conspicuous orange stamens, fragrant. Fruit with 2-3 ovoid drupelets,5-10 mm long, black, held in pink or red persistent calyx bracts, 0.8-1.2 cm long. Both flowers and fruit make an attractive display. |
| Notes: | This species is commonly infested with characteristic rosette galls that look like miniature Protea buds. |
| Derivation of specific name: | natalitia: of Natal, South Africa. |
| Habitat: | In deciduous woodland, forest margins and scrub, often in shallow sandy soils among rocks. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 300 m |
| Flowering time: | |
| Worldwide distribution: | Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Eswatini and Mpumalanga,KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E,S |
| Growth form(s): | Tree, shrub over 2 m, shrub under 2 m. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bandeira, S., Bolnick, D. & Barbosa, F. (2007). Wild Flowers of Southern Mozambique Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Maputo, Mozambique Pages 107 - 108. (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 605. (Includes a picture). Chapano, C. & Mamuto, M. (2003). Plants of the Chimanimani District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 40. Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa Pages 728 - 729. 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. Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 233 - 234. Schmidt, E., Lötter, M. & McCleland, W. (2002). Trees and shrubs of Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa Pages 420 - 423. (Includes a picture). Siebert, S. & Mössmer, M. (Editors) (2002). SABONET Southern Mozambique Expedition 2001; Provisional Plant Checklist of the Maputo Elephant Reserve (MER) and Licuati Forest Reserve (LFR) SABONET News 7(1) Page 27. Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (1997). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa. Struik, South Africa Pages 150 - 151. (Includes a picture). Van Wyk, B. & Van Wyk, P. (2013). Field Guide to Trees of Southern Africa (Second edition) Struik, South Africa Pages 170 - 171. (Includes a picture). |
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