Ochna stolzii Gilg

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Ochnaceae > Ochna

Characteristics

Shrub or small shrublet 0.35–2 m tall with smooth grey-brown bark and ascending reddish brown, puberulous branches, later greyish brown, glabrous and lenticellate.. Leaves often drying metallic bluish green, somewhat coriaceous, small, elliptic to obovate, 1.2–5.5 cm long, 0.5–2.3 cm wide, acute to rounded at the apex, broadly cuneate to rounded at the base, margin spinulose-serrulate; lateral veins 13–15, ± prominent on both surfaces, the reticulate tertiary venation more obscure; petiole ± obsolete or up to 1.5 mm long; stipules linear, 4.5 mm long, deciduous.. Flowers solitary or up to 3 in fascicles or rarely up to 7 in racemiform inflorescences with rhachis up to 8 mm long; pedicels 0.8–2.5 cm long, jointed near the base, glabrous or puberulous, often reflexed in fruit.. Sepals oblong-elliptic, 6 mm long, 3–4 mm wide, becoming carmine red in fruit and 8–12 mm long, 5–6 mm wide.. Petals yellow, obovate, 8–12 mm long, 3.5–8 mm wide.. Anthers ± 1.5 mm long, slightly shorter than the filaments, dehiscing by longitudinal slits.. Carpels 5; styles completely united; stigma subglobose.. Drupelets black, elliptic, 7–8 mm long, 4–5 mm wide.
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Leaves petiolate, drying ± metallic bluish-green; lamina 1·2–3·5 × 0·6–1·8 cm., elliptic to obovate, acute to obtuse or rounded at the apex, with margin serrulate, rounded or broadly cuneate at the base, chartaceous, with lateral nerves and reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both sides (usually less so below); petiole up to 1·5 mm. long or almost absent, grooved above.
Flowers 1–3, fascicled, or rarely up to 7 in a simple raceme with rhachis up to 8 mm. long, scented; pedicels 0·8–1·5 cm. long in fruit, articulated within 1 mm. of the base (except the terminal one), puberulous or glabrous, becoming reflexed.
Shrublet or shrub up to 1·2 (2) m. high, bushy, with bark smooth, grey-brown; branches ascending, reddish-brown and puberulous at first, becoming terete and grey-brown with numerous pale lenticels.
Stamens with anthers c. 1·5 mm. long, about 3/4 as long as the filaments, straight, dehiscing by longitudinal slits.
Sepals 6 mm. long in flower, oblong-elliptic, becoming crimson-red, 8–10 mm. long, flat and spreading in fruit.
Drupelets 7–8 × 4–5 mm., ovoid-cylindric, inserted at the base; embryo straight.
Petals yellow, 9–10 x 4–5·5 mm., obovate, narrowed to a short claw.
Carpels 5, with styles completely united; stigma subglobose.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ochna stolzii world distribution map, present in Malawi, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:606791-1
WFO ID wfo-0001087249
COL ID 48D9X
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Synonyms

Ochna stolzii