Ochna schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm.

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Ochna schweinfurthiana

Lusaka; Dec 1973.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Lusaka; Sep 2002.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Ferme Randu, southwest Katanga Province, DRC; Oct 2006.
Photo: Jos Stevens

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Lusaka; Sep 1973.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Lumangwe falls; Sep 2008.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Lusaka; Sep 2010.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Lusaka; Dec 1973.
Photo: Mike Bingham

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Drawing: Suzanne Carter

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Drawing: Patricia Bingham

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Drawing: Patricia Bingham

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Fruits with cherry sepals;
Katanga Province, DRC;
Oct 2006
Photo: Jos Stevens

Ochna schweinfurthiana

Fruits with brik red sepals;
Katanga Province, DRC;
Sep 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens

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Synonyms:
Common names: Iconi (Bemba) Musengu (Lunda)
Frequency: Frequent
Status: Native
Description:
Small tree. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong or elliptic, margins rather bluntly serrulate, sometimes appearing scalloped, net-veining conspicuous above. Young leaves coppery. Flowers bright yellow, very short-lived, normally appearing before or with the young leaves. Fruits ovoid, attached at the base, black when ripe, the enlarged, persistent sepals turning cherry to brick red.
Type location:
Tanzania
Notes: Flowering-time Zambia: Aug-Sep
Derivation of specific name: schweinfurthiana: named after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), german botanical collector and taxonomist.
Habitat: Woodland, wooded grassland.
Altitude range: 750 - 1675 m
Flowering time:Sep - Nov
Worldwide distribution: Sahelian & Zambesian: Mali to South Sudan to Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Angola.
Zambian distribution (Flora Zambesiaca): N,W,C,E,S
Zambian distribution (Provinces): Nw,Cb,Lp,N,Mc,E,C,Lk,S
Growth form(s): Tree, shrub over 2 m.
Endemic status:
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Content last updated: Tuesday 8 March 2016
Literature:

Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 219.

Burrows, J.E., Burrows, S.M., Lötter, M.C. & Schmidt, E. (2018). Trees and Shrubs Mozambique Publishing Print Matters (Pty), Cape Town. Page 608. (Includes a picture).

Chapano, C. & Mugarisanwa, N.H. (2003). Plants of the Matobo District National Herbarium and Botanic Garden, Zimbabwe Page 26.

Coates Palgrave, K. (revised and updated by Meg Coates Palgrave) (2002). Trees of Southern Africa 3rd edition. Struik, South Africa

Coates Palgrave, K. et al. (1956). Trees of Central Africa National Publications Trust, Salisbury. Pages 302 - 304. (Includes a picture).

Coates Palgrave, M. (1989). Guide to the trees and shrubs of the Mukuvisi Woodlands ?publisher. Page 21.

Drummond, R.B. (1975). A list of trees, shrubs and woody climbers indigenous or naturalised in Rhodesia. Kirkia 10(1) Page 260.

Drummond, R.B. (1981). Common Trees of the Central Watershed Woodlands of Zimbabwe. Natural Resources Board, Harare. Pages 146 - 147. (Includes a picture).

Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare

Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32

Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 248 - 249.

Smith, P. & Allen, Q. (2004). Field Guide to the Trees and Shrubs of the Miombo Woodlands Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ISBN 1 84246 073 0 Pages 66 - 67. (Includes a picture).

Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 128.

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Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Ochna schweinfurthiana.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140320, retrieved 19 March 2024

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