Ochnaceae
Ochna

Ochna multiflora DC.

First published in Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 412 (1811)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Zambia. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Descriptions

Ochnaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

Morphology General Habit
A glabrous shrub or small tree, flowering in mass about Feb.–Mar.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals fugacious
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx wine-red in fruit
Ecology
Often near water.
[FWTA]

Ochnaceae, N. K. B. Robson. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Shrub or small tree up to c. 10·5 m. high, with bark very smooth, mottled pale to dark grey and purplish-brown and flaking in thin sheets to reveal greenish-yellow patches; branches slender, spreading, reddish-purple at first, becoming dark grey.
Morphology Leaves
Leaves petiolate; lamina (7) 8·5–15 × 3–6·4 cm., elliptic to oblong or obovate, acute or shortly acuminate at the apex, with margin remotely and very shallowly appressed-spinulose-serrulate, cuneate to rounded at the base, sub-coriaceous, with few (c. 12) lateral nerves and densely reticulate tertiary venation more prominent below than above; petiole 3–4 mm. long, slender; stipules subulate, c. 1·3 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers (5) 12–20, in simple terminal erect (? or pendulous) racemes (1·5) 2·5–5 (6) cm. long in fruit; pedicels 1·5–2·3 cm. long in fruit, articulated at the base or in the lower 1/2.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals 5–6 mm. long in flower, elliptic, rounded, becoming pink to red, 9–12 mm. long, slightly convex and reflexed in fruit.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Petals bright yellow, 8–10 × 4–5 mm., obovate to elliptic.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens with anthers 1·5–2 mm. long, about 1/2 as long as the filaments, straight, dehiscing by longitudinal slits.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Carpels
Carpels 5, with styles almost completely united; stigmas small.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Drupelets 6–9 × 4·6 mm., reniform, inserted centrally; embryo curved.
[FZ]

Ochnaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:1. 1954

Morphology General Habit
A shrub about 12 ft. high.
[FWTA]

Sources

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0