Ochna schweinfurthiana
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| Ochna schweinfurthiana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Ochnaceae |
| Genus: | Ochna |
| Species: | O. schweinfurthiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Ochna schweinfurthiana F.Hoffm. | |
Ochna schweinfurthiana is a shrub or small tree belonging to the family Ochnaceae.[1] It is represented in open deciduous woodlands in Tropical Africa.
A scandent shrub or an evergreen tree, Ochna schweinfurthiana can grow up to 4 m tall and occasionally up to 8 m.[2] It has a greyish bark that is often fissured with a slash that is yellow turning red-brown. Leaves have stipules that can reach 3 mm in length and petioles that is capable of reaching 12 mm long.[2] Leaflets are obovate to lanceolate in shape, they can reach 13 cm in length and 6 cm in width, they often have margins that are toothed and have a leathery surface; the apex tends to be rounded while the base is cuneate to tapering.[2] Inflorescence has a raceme arrangement and pedunculate with flowers borne on leaf axil, it bears bright yellow flowers that are caducous, meaning short lived.[1]
