Ochna puberula
Species of plant
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Ochna puberula is a shrub or small sized tree with bright yellow petals that are surrounded by green sepals that turn red during fruiting.[1] It belongs to the family Ochnaceae.[2]
| Ochna puberula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Ochnaceae |
| Genus: | Ochna |
| Species: | O. puberula |
| Binomial name | |
| Ochna puberula | |
Description
A shrub or small sized tree capable of reaching 6 m tall with a greyish bark that is either smooth or fissured.[3] When young, its stems have brownish lenticels on it. Leaves have stipules that are up to 8 mm long. Leaflets are obovate to oblanceolate in shape and their edges are often densely toothed, they are capable of reaching 8 cm in length and 3 cm in width, they have a rounded apex and a cuneate base.[3] Inflorescence are in axillary racemes with yellow flowers borne on shortly pubescent pedicels.[1]
Distribution
Occurs in Eastern and Southern Africa, in south western Uganda southwards to Zimbabwe.[4] Found in open woodland and wooded grasslands and in rocky areas.