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Ochradenus socotranus is a dioecious shrub native to dry rocky slopes on Socotra and Samhah in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago, growing from 10 to 700 m. It is a desert-adapted species rarely grown in cultivation, so care is best matched to its arid native habitat.
Ochradenus socotranus is a species of plant in the Resedaceae family. It is a shrub endemic to the islands of Socotra and Samhah in Yemen's Socotra Archipelago. Its natural habitat is dry rocky slopes from 10 to 700 metres elevation.
The species is most closely related to Ochradenus arabicus Chaudhary, Hillc. and A.G.Mill. from the Arabian Peninsula and O. baccatus Del. from the Arabian Peninsula and northeastern Africa. It is dioecious like O. arabicus, but differs in having fleshy fruits and dull rather than glossy seeds. O. baccatus has hermaphrodite flowers and rugose seeds.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ochradenus socotranus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
