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Ochna macrocalyx

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Species of flowering plants

Ochna macrocalyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Ochnaceae
Genus: Ochna
Species: O. macrocalyx
Binomial name
Ochna macrocalyx
Oliv.

Ochna macrocalyx is a species that grows as a subshrub, shrub or small tree with yellow flowers arranged in axillary racemes and belonging to the family Ochnaceae.

It a medicinal tree in Tanzania as extracts are used to treat gastrointestinal and gynaecological ailments, it is locallty known as Nkatakwa by the Wasambaa people.

Description

Ochna macrocalyx grows as a subshrub or shrub reaching an height of 3 m and has been observed sometimes to only show flowers and leaves above the ground. It has greyish to brown bark with a yellow slash. Its leaves have a lethery texture while leaflets are oblong to lanceolate to elliptical in shape, they can reach 25 cm long and 7 cm wide and with a toothed margin. Flowers are yellow up to 14 in axillary racemes.

Distribution

Occurs in Tropical East and Southern Africa and well distributed in the Usambara mountains in Tanzania. It is found in open woodlands, grasslands and rocky slopes.

References

  1. ^ Tang, Sharon (2003). Phytochemical and biochemical investigations of Ochna macrocalyx and Bupleurum fruticosum - Searching for NF-ÎșB inhibitory compounds (Ph.D thesis). UCL (University College London).
  2. ^ Flora of Tropical East Africa: Ochnaceae. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Shah, Toral; Mashimba, Fandey H; Suleiman, Haji O; Mbailwa, Yahya S; Schneider, Julio V; Zizka, Georg; Savolainen, Vincent; Larridon, Isabel; Darbyshire, Iain (2022-03-22). "Phylogenetics of Ochna (Ochnaceae) and a new infrageneric classification". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 198 (4): 361–381. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boab071. ISSN 0024-4074.
Taxon identifiers
Ochna macrocalyx


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