Ochna kirkii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Ochnaceae |
Genus: | Ochna |
Species: | O. kirkii
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Binomial name | |
Ochna kirkii Oliv.
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Subspecies [1] | |
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Ochna kirkii is a shrub or small sized tree with greyish bark, belonging to the family Ochnaceae. Native to East Africa, the plant has been introduced in other countries as an ornamental plant. [2]
A shrub or small sized tree that is capable of reaching 6 m tall, it has a rough greyish bark and brown stems that become lenticellate as it grows older. [3] Leaves are fairly thin or leatherly and leaflets are obovate to elliptic with margins that are mostly even and lacking teeth. [3] Leaflets are capable of reaching 21 cm long and 7 cm wide with apex that is ether acuminate or acute and a base that is cuneate to cordate. Flowers are in terminal panicles, bright yellow in color with red sepals and orange to reddish anthers, and the fruits are black cylindrical drupelets. [3]
The species is native to Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, occurring in riparian forests and in thickets. [1]
Ochna kirkii | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Ochnaceae |
Genus: | Ochna |
Species: | O. kirkii
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Binomial name | |
Ochna kirkii Oliv.
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Subspecies [1] | |
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Ochna kirkii is a shrub or small sized tree with greyish bark, belonging to the family Ochnaceae. Native to East Africa, the plant has been introduced in other countries as an ornamental plant. [2]
A shrub or small sized tree that is capable of reaching 6 m tall, it has a rough greyish bark and brown stems that become lenticellate as it grows older. [3] Leaves are fairly thin or leatherly and leaflets are obovate to elliptic with margins that are mostly even and lacking teeth. [3] Leaflets are capable of reaching 21 cm long and 7 cm wide with apex that is ether acuminate or acute and a base that is cuneate to cordate. Flowers are in terminal panicles, bright yellow in color with red sepals and orange to reddish anthers, and the fruits are black cylindrical drupelets. [3]
The species is native to Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, occurring in riparian forests and in thickets. [1]