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Ochna
Ochna is a genus comprising 86 species of evergreen trees, shrubs and shrublets belonging to the family Ochnaceae. These species are native to tropical woodlands of Africa, the Mascarenes and Asia. Species of this genus are usually called Ochnas, Bird's-eye bushes or Mickey-mouse plants, a name derived from the shape of the drupelet fruit. The name of this genus comes from the Greek word Ochne, used by Homer and meaning wild pear, as the leaves are...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Small-leaved plane
speciesOchna serrulata
Mickey Mouse Plant
speciesOchna thomasiana
peeling plane
speciesOchna pulchra
showy plane
speciesOchna natalitia
Cape Redwood
speciesOchna arborea
Ochna atropurpurea
speciesOchna atropurpurea
Magalies Ochna
speciesOchna pretoriensis
Boat-Fruited Ochna
speciesOchna inermis
Yellow Mai
speciesOchna integerrima
Red Ironwood
speciesOchna holstii
Ochna obtusata
speciesOchna obtusata
Ochna kirkii
speciesOchna kirkii
Ochna maguirei
speciesOchna maguirei
Sand Ochna
speciesOchna barbosae
Ochna schweinfurthiana
speciesOchna schweinfurthiana
Ochna pervilleana
speciesOchna pervilleana
Ochna gamblei
speciesOchna gamblei
Ochna macrocalyx
speciesOchna macrocalyx
Ochna leptoclada
speciesOchna leptoclada
Grassland Ochna
speciesOchna confusa
Ochna mauritiana
speciesOchna mauritiana
Ochna macrantha
speciesOchna macrantha
Ochna afzelii
speciesOchna afzelii
Small-Leaved Forest Ochna
speciesOchna gamostigmata
Ochna barbertonensis
speciesOchna barbertonensis
Ochna ciliata
speciesOchna ciliata
Ochna cinnabarina
speciesOchna cinnabarina
Blue Ochna
speciesOchna glauca
Ochna lanceolata
speciesOchna lanceolata
Ochna katangensis
speciesOchna katangensis
Ochna richardsiae
speciesOchna richardsiae
Ochna puberula
speciesOchna puberula
Ochna multiflora
speciesOchna multiflora
Ochna jabotapita
speciesOchna jabotapita
Ochna gambleoides
speciesOchna gambleoides
Ochna boiviniana
speciesOchna boiviniana
Ochna andravinensis
speciesOchna andravinensis
Ochna ovata
speciesOchna ovata
Ochna polyneura
speciesOchna polyneura
Ochna rhizomatosa
speciesOchna rhizomatosa
Ochna membranacea
speciesOchna membranacea
Ochna pygmaea
speciesOchna pygmaea
Ochna afzelioides
speciesOchna afzelioides
Ochna stolzii
speciesOchna stolzii
Ochna manikensis
speciesOchna manikensis
showy plane
speciesOchna angustata
Ochna rovumensis
speciesOchna rovumensis
Ochna polycarpa
speciesOchna polycarpa
Ochna beirensis
speciesOchna beirensis
Ochna sambiranensis
speciesOchna sambiranensis
Ochna madagascariensis
speciesOchna madagascariensis
Ochna baronii
speciesOchna baronii
Ochna hackarsii
speciesOchna hackarsii
Ochna louvelii
speciesOchna louvelii
Ochna thouvenotii
speciesOchna thouvenotii
Ochna apetala
speciesOchna apetala
Ochna braunii
speciesOchna braunii
Ochna polyarthra
speciesOchna polyarthra
Ochna citrina
speciesOchna citrina
Ochna schliebenii
speciesOchna schliebenii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 134188.