Ochna membranacea | |
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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. membranacea
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Binomial name | |
Ochna membranacea Oliv.
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Ochna membranacea is a shrub or small sized tree with yellow petals surrounded by red sepals belonging to the family Ochnaceae.
A shrub or tree, the species is capable of reaching an height of 12 m; its stems tend to have longitudinal lines. [1] 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. [1] The yellow flowers are arranged in panicles that are 5-12 cm long and the fuit is a kidney shaped drupe. [1]
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. [1] [2]
Ochna membranacea | |
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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. membranacea
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Binomial name | |
Ochna membranacea Oliv.
|
Ochna membranacea is a shrub or small sized tree with yellow petals surrounded by red sepals belonging to the family Ochnaceae.
A shrub or tree, the species is capable of reaching an height of 12 m; its stems tend to have longitudinal lines. [1] 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. [1] The yellow flowers are arranged in panicles that are 5-12 cm long and the fuit is a kidney shaped drupe. [1]
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. [1] [2]