Ochna membranacea

Ochna membranacea is a shrub or small sized tree with yellow petals surrounded by red sepals belonging to the family Ochnaceae.

Description

A shrub or tree, the species is capable of reaching a height of 12 m; its stems tend to have longitudinal lines. The leaves have linear stipules and the leaflets are obovate to elliptic in shape; leaflets have a toothed margin and are capable of reaching 20 cm long and 7 cm wide, they are acuminate at the apex and cuneate to rounded at base. The yellow flowers are arranged in panicles that are 5-12 cm long and the fuit is a kidney shaped drupe.

Distribution and habitat

Found in Tropical Africa from Guinea in West Africa eastwards to the Congo Basin and Sudan. It is commonly found in gallery and evergreen forests and observed in thickets.