Ochna puberula

Ochna puberula is a shrub or small sized tree with bright yellow petals that are surrounded by green sepals that turn red during fruiting. It belongs to the family Ochnaceae.

Description

A shrub or small sized tree capable of reaching 6 m tall with a greyish bark that is either smooth or fissured. 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. Inflorescence are in axillary racemes with yellow flowers borne on shortly pubescent pedicels.

Distribution

Occurs in Eastern and Southern Africa, in south western Uganda southwards to Zimbabwe. Found in open woodland and wooded grasslands and in rocky areas.