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Cold Bark Ochna

Ochna arborea var. oconnorii (Phill.) Du Toit

Derivation of specific name

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arborea: tree-like
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ochna arborea Burch. ex DC.
var. oconnorii (E. Phillips) Du Toit Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140110
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Shrub or small to medium-sized tree. Bark smooth, grey and peeling, revealing a distinctive mottled underbark. Leaves elliptic, up to 10 cm, leathery, shiny green above, paler below, young leaves often bronze; lateral veins numerous and closely spaced; apex tapering to rounded, often with a hair-like tip; margin toothed to subentire. Flowers in branched heads on short side branchlets, bright yellow, c. 2 cm in diameter, sweetly scented, short-lived. Fruit 1-5 small kidney-shaped drupes, grey-green to black, surrounded by the orange-red to red persistent calyx lobes.
license
cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ochna arborea Burch. ex DC.
var. oconnorii (E. Phillips) Du Toit Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140110
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Mpumalanga, S Africa
license
cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ochna arborea Burch. ex DC.
var. oconnorii (E. Phillips) Du Toit Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140110
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe