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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.
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.
Showy Plane · Cape Redwood · Ochna beirensis · Red Ironwood · Yellow Mai · Ochna kirkii · Ochna lanceolata · Ochna membranacea · Ochna obtusata · Ochna puberula · Bark Plane · Ochna rhizomatosa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ochna macrocalyx by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
