Ochna arborea

Ochna arborea, the Cape redwood, is a species of tree in the Ochnaceae family.

Range and habitat

The Cape redwood is found in eastern Southern Africa; in Eswatini, Mozambique and South Africa.

Taxonomy

There are two varieties of the Cape redwood:

African-boxwood
Coldbark plane

Names

Ochna arborea is also called coldbark ochna and Cape plane in English, the Kaapse rooihout in Afrikaans, umthentsema in Xhosa, and umthelelo in Zulu.