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Ochna puberula

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Species of plant

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

Ochna puberula is a shrub or small sized tree with bright yellow petals that are surrounded by green sepals that turn red during fruiting. It belongs to the family Ochnaceae.

Description

A shrub or small sized tree capable of reaching 6 m tall with a greyish bark that is either smooth or fissured. When young, its stems have brownish lenticels on it. Leaves have stipules that are up to 8 mm long. Leaflets are obovate to oblanceolate in shape and their edges are often densely toothed, they are capable of reaching 8 cm in length and 3 cm in width, they have a rounded apex and a cuneate base. Inflorescence are in axillary racemes with yellow flowers borne on shortly pubescent pedicels.

Distribution

Occurs in Eastern and Southern Africa, in south western Uganda southwards to Zimbabwe. Found in open woodland and wooded grasslands and in rocky areas.

References

  1. ^ Shah, Toral; Mashimba, Fandey H.; Suleiman, Haji. O.; Mbailwa, Yahya S.; Savolainen, Vincent; Larridon, Isabel; Darbyshire, Iain (2023). "A taxonomic revision of the ecologically important Ochna holstii (Ochnaceae) complex using molecular and morphological data". Plant Ecology and Evolution. 156 (2): 174–200. ISSN 2032-3913.
  2. Van Wyk, Braam; Van Wyk, Piet (1997). Field guide to trees of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-86825-922-9.
  3. ^ Balkwill, K. (2020-09-01). "Ochna maguirei (Ochnaceae), a new species with corky bark from northern South Africa". South African Journal of Botany. 133: 298–306. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2020.07.014. ISSN 0254-6299.
  4. "Ochna puberula N.Robson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
Taxon identifiers
Ochna puberula
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