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Ochna arborea Burch. ex. DC. [family OCHNACEAE]
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 224, (1963) Author: N. K. B. Robson
Names
Ochna arborea Burch. ex. DC. [family OCHNACEAE], Prodr. 1: 736 (1824). — Harv. in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 449 (1860) pro parte excl. specim. Forbes. — Gilg in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 33: 235 (1903). — Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 28 (1909) pro parte quoad descr. pars. — Phillips in Bothalia, 1: 92 (1922). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 238 (1926). Type from Cape Prov.
Diporidium arboreum Burch. ex DC. Wendl. [family OCHNACEAE], in Bartl. & Wendl., Beitr. Bot. 2: 26 (1825).--Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr. Extratrop.: US (1834). — Van Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Sér. 8, Bot. 16: 355 (1902). Type as above.
Diporidium delagoense Eckl. & Zeyh. [family OCHNACEAE], loc. cit. — Van Tiegh., loc. cit. Type: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Owen in Ecklon & Zeyher 926 (NBG, holotype).
Ochna delagoensis Eckl. & Zeyh. Walp. [family OCHNACEAE], Repert. 1: 528 (1842). Type as for Diporidium delagoense.
Information
Shrub or tree (1·5) 3–9 (12) m. high, with bark very smooth, pale grey and peeling in papyraceous layers to reveal red patches; branches slender, ascending, greyish-brown at first, becoming reddish-purple, not peeling. Leaves petiolate; lamina 2·4–7·5 (12) × 1–3 cm., oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, acute to obtuse or rounded (often mucronate) at the apex, with margin entire or densely but shallowly serrate, narrowly cuneate to truncate or subcordate at the base, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous, with numerous (c. 20–40) lateral nerves and densely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both sides; petiole (1) 1·5–2·5 (3) mm. long, slender or rarely somewhat swollen. Flowers 3–7 (11), in a simple (very rarely compound at the base) terminal erect raceme 0·5–1·5 cm. long; pedicels (0·9) 1·5–2·5 (3) cm. long in fruit, articulated at the base or in the lower 1/4. Sepals 4–6 (6·5) mm. long in flower, elliptic-oblong, rounded, becoming red, 6–9 mm. long, convex and reflexed in fruit. Petals bright yellow, 8–11 × 5–6 (9) mm., obovate to oblanceolate. Stamens with anthers 1·5–2 (3) mm. long, equalling or to 1/3 as long as the filaments, straight, dehiscing by apical pores. Carpels 5, with styles recurved at the apex or almost completely united; stigmas small. Drupelets reniform, inserted centrally, (9) 10–11 × 7–8·5 mm.; embryo curved.
Habitat
In forest and bush
Range
From Cape Prov. (Knysna) and Natal to Swaziland and Delagoa Bay.
Altitude range
30–900 m.
900
30
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, Porto Henrique, fr. 19.viii.1942, Mendonça 12 (LISC).
Notes
Closely allied to O. oconnorii Phillips, of which it appears to be a lowland forest derivative. Forms with leaf characters intermediate between these species occur in Natal, but the short simple racemes of O. arborea are almost diagnostic of that species.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 224, (1963) Author: N. K. B. Robson
Names
Ochna arborea Burch. ex. DC. [family OCHNACEAE], Prodr. 1: 736 (1824). — Harv. in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 449 (1860) pro parte excl. specim. Forbes. — Gilg in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 33: 235 (1903). — Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 28 (1909) pro parte quoad descr. pars. — Phillips in Bothalia, 1: 92 (1922). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 238 (1926). Type from Cape Prov.
Diporidium arboreum Burch. ex DC. Wendl. [family OCHNACEAE], in Bartl. & Wendl., Beitr. Bot. 2: 26 (1825).--Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr. Extratrop.: US (1834). — Van Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Sér. 8, Bot. 16: 355 (1902). Type as above.
Diporidium delagoense Eckl. & Zeyh. [family OCHNACEAE], loc. cit. — Van Tiegh., loc. cit. Type: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Owen in Ecklon & Zeyher 926 (NBG, holotype).
Ochna delagoensis Eckl. & Zeyh. Walp. [family OCHNACEAE], Repert. 1: 528 (1842). Type as for Diporidium delagoense.
Information
Shrub or tree (1·5) 3–9 (12) m. high, with bark very smooth, pale grey and peeling in papyraceous layers to reveal red patches; branches slender, ascending, greyish-brown at first, becoming reddish-purple, not peeling. Leaves petiolate; lamina 2·4–7·5 (12) × 1–3 cm., oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, acute to obtuse or rounded (often mucronate) at the apex, with margin entire or densely but shallowly serrate, narrowly cuneate to truncate or subcordate at the base, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous, with numerous (c. 20–40) lateral nerves and densely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both sides; petiole (1) 1·5–2·5 (3) mm. long, slender or rarely somewhat swollen. Flowers 3–7 (11), in a simple (very rarely compound at the base) terminal erect raceme 0·5–1·5 cm. long; pedicels (0·9) 1·5–2·5 (3) cm. long in fruit, articulated at the base or in the lower 1/4. Sepals 4–6 (6·5) mm. long in flower, elliptic-oblong, rounded, becoming red, 6–9 mm. long, convex and reflexed in fruit. Petals bright yellow, 8–11 × 5–6 (9) mm., obovate to oblanceolate. Stamens with anthers 1·5–2 (3) mm. long, equalling or to 1/3 as long as the filaments, straight, dehiscing by apical pores. Carpels 5, with styles recurved at the apex or almost completely united; stigmas small. Drupelets reniform, inserted centrally, (9) 10–11 × 7–8·5 mm.; embryo curved.
Habitat
In forest and bush
Range
From Cape Prov. (Knysna) and Natal to Swaziland and Delagoa Bay.
Altitude range
30–900 m.
900
30
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, Porto Henrique, fr. 19.viii.1942, Mendonça 12 (LISC).
Notes
Closely allied to O. oconnorii Phillips, of which it appears to be a lowland forest derivative. Forms with leaf characters intermediate between these species occur in Natal, but the short simple racemes of O. arborea are almost diagnostic of that species.
Date Updated: 26 July 2007
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 1, page 224, (1963) Author: N. K. B. Robson
Names
Ochna arborea Burch. ex. DC. [family OCHNACEAE], Prodr. 1: 736 (1824). — Harv. in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 449 (1860) pro parte excl. specim. Forbes. — Gilg in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 33: 235 (1903). — Sim, For. Fl. Port. E. Afr.: 28 (1909) pro parte quoad descr. pars. — Phillips in Bothalia, 1: 92 (1922). — Burtt Davy, F.P.F.T. 1: 238 (1926). Type from Cape Prov.
Diporidium arboreum Burch. ex DC. Wendl. [family OCHNACEAE], in Bartl. & Wendl., Beitr. Bot. 2: 26 (1825).--Eckl. & Zeyh., Enum. Pl. Afr. Austr. Extratrop.: US (1834). — Van Tiegh. in Ann. Sci. Nat., Sér. 8, Bot. 16: 355 (1902). Type as above.
Diporidium delagoense Eckl. & Zeyh. [family OCHNACEAE], loc. cit. — Van Tiegh., loc. cit. Type: Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Owen in Ecklon & Zeyher 926 (NBG, holotype).
Ochna delagoensis Eckl. & Zeyh. Walp. [family OCHNACEAE], Repert. 1: 528 (1842). Type as for Diporidium delagoense.
Information
Shrub or tree (1·5) 3–9 (12) m. high, with bark very smooth, pale grey and peeling in papyraceous layers to reveal red patches; branches slender, ascending, greyish-brown at first, becoming reddish-purple, not peeling. Leaves petiolate; lamina 2·4–7·5 (12) × 1–3 cm., oblong to elliptic or oblanceolate, acute to obtuse or rounded (often mucronate) at the apex, with margin entire or densely but shallowly serrate, narrowly cuneate to truncate or subcordate at the base, chartaceous to sub-coriaceous, with numerous (c. 20–40) lateral nerves and densely reticulate tertiary venation prominent on both sides; petiole (1) 1·5–2·5 (3) mm. long, slender or rarely somewhat swollen. Flowers 3–7 (11), in a simple (very rarely compound at the base) terminal erect raceme 0·5–1·5 cm. long; pedicels (0·9) 1·5–2·5 (3) cm. long in fruit, articulated at the base or in the lower 1/4. Sepals 4–6 (6·5) mm. long in flower, elliptic-oblong, rounded, becoming red, 6–9 mm. long, convex and reflexed in fruit. Petals bright yellow, 8–11 × 5–6 (9) mm., obovate to oblanceolate. Stamens with anthers 1·5–2 (3) mm. long, equalling or to 1/3 as long as the filaments, straight, dehiscing by apical pores. Carpels 5, with styles recurved at the apex or almost completely united; stigmas small. Drupelets reniform, inserted centrally, (9) 10–11 × 7–8·5 mm.; embryo curved.
Habitat
In forest and bush
Range
From Cape Prov. (Knysna) and Natal to Swaziland and Delagoa Bay.
Altitude range
30–900 m.
900
30
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, Porto Henrique, fr. 19.viii.1942, Mendonça 12 (LISC).
Notes
Closely allied to O. oconnorii Phillips, of which it appears to be a lowland forest derivative. Forms with leaf characters intermediate between these species occur in Natal, but the short simple racemes of O. arborea are almost diagnostic of that species.
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