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Genus: Ochna Life
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About 86 species (Africa, Mascarenes and Asia). There are
12 species in southern Africa (as defined in Flora of Southern Africa)
and twenty species if one includes Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
Species in southern Africa
(from Coates Palgrave 2002, and Archer 2003)
Ochna afzelioides Distribution in southern Africa: Zimbabwe |
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Ochna angustata (Orange-red
Mozambique ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: Mozambique |
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Ochna arborea (Coldbark ochna)
Kouebasrooihout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland,
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
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Ochna atropurpurea (Large-flowered
ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: Zimbabwe;
Mozambique
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Ochna barbarosae (Sand ochna)
Sandrooihout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
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Ochna beirensis (Beira ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: Mozambique
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Ochna cyanophylla (Cyan-leaved
ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Zimbabwe
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Ochna gambleoides (Large-leaved
ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: Zimbabwe
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Ochna gambostigmata (Small
forest ochna)
Kleinbosrooihout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga; Swaziland
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Ochna glauca (Blue-leaved ochna)
Bloublaarrooihout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo, North West; Botswana
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Ochna holstii (Red-ironwood)
Rooiysterhout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo; Swaziland;
Zimbabwe; Mozambique
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Ochna inermis (Stunted ochna,
Boat fruit ochna)
Kreupelrooihout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, North West, Limpopo; Botswana; Zimbabwe;
Mozambique
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Ochna natalitia (Showy ochna)
Pronkrooihout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West,
Limpopo; Swaziland; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
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Ochna polyneura (Bronze ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Zimbabwe; Mozambique
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Ochna pretoriensis (Magalies
ochna)
Magalies-rooihout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West, Limpopo
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Ochna puberula (Granite ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Limpopo; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
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Ochna pulchra (Peeling-bark
ochna)
Lekkerbreek [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Mpumalanga, Gauteng, North West, Limpopo; Botswana; Namibia;
Zimbabwe; Mozambique
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Ochna rovumensis (Closed-fruit
ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Zimbabwe; Mozambique
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Ochna schweinfurthiana (Brick-red
ochna) Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Zimbabwe
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Ochna serrulata (Carnival ochna)
Fynblaarrooihout [Afrikaans] Distribution in southern Africa: South
Africa > Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo;
Swaziland
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Publications
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Archer, R.H. 2003. Ochnaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer,
N.L. (eds), Plants of southern Africa: an
annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14: 751. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
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Coates Palgrave, K. (edited Coates Palgrave,
M.) 2002. Trees of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, Cape
Town.
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