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Ochna puberula

Family
Ochnaceae (Ochn family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SW. Uganda to Zimbabwe
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

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.

Where it grows

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

Other Ochna plants

Showy Plane · Cape Redwood · Ochna beirensis · Red Ironwood · Yellow Mai · Ochna kirkii · Ochna lanceolata · Ochna macrocalyx · Ochna membranacea · Ochna obtusata · Bark Plane · Ochna rhizomatosa

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ochna puberula 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.

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