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Ochna stolzii
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Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park
Photo: Petra Ballings
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Chelinda Bridge, Nyika National Park
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Small shrub up to 1·2 m high, rarely up to 2 m. Bark smooth, grey-brown; branches ascending, reddish-brown and puberulous at first, becoming terete and grey-brown with numerous pale lenticels. Leaves drying more or less metallic bluish-green, elliptic to obovate, 1·2–3·5 cm long, venation prominent on both sides but usually less so beneath; margin finely toothed; petiole up to 1·5 mm long, grooved above. Flowers in clusters of 1–3, or rarely up to 7 in a simple raceme with rhachis up to 8 mm long, scented; pedicels 0·8–1·5 cm long in fruit, becoming reflexed. Sepals oblong-elliptic, 6 mm long in flower, becoming crimson-red, 8–10 mm long, flat and spreading in fruit. Petals yellow, obovate, 9–10 mm long, narrowed to a short claw. Carpels 5, with drupelets ovoid-cylindric, 7–8 mm long and 4–5 mm wide. |
| Type location: |
Tanzania |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | stolzii: after Adolf Ferdinand Stolz (1871-1917), German missionary, merchant and plant collector in Angola and Malawi, particularly of orchids. |
| Habitat: | In grassland on hillsides, along patches of forest, in streamside vegetation and on rocky outcrops. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | 1500 - 2400 m |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Southern Tanzania and Nyika, Malawi. |
| National distribution: | N |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Tuesday 14 May 2019 |
| 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. (Includes a picture). Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 241 - 242. |
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External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Ochna stolziiBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ochna stolzii
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ochna stolzii
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Ochna stolzii
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iNaturalist: Ochna stolzii
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ochna stolzii
JSTOR Plant Science: Ochna stolzii
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ochna stolzii
Plants of the World Online: Ochna stolzii
Tropicos: Ochna stolzii
Wikipedia: Ochna stolzii
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