Ochna afzelii
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Katanga Province, DRC
Sep 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Sep 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Sep 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens
Katanga Province, DRC
Sep 2007
Photo: Jos Stevens
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| Synonyms: |
Ochna afzelii Oliv. subsp. mechowiana (O.Hoffm.) N.Robson Ochna afzelii Oliv. subsp. congoensis (Van Tiegh.) N.Robson |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Leaves elliptic to oblong; inflorescence-rhachis usually ± elongated, up to 5 mm. long; petals white to pale yellow; fruiting sepals 6-10 mm. long. |
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DRC |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Chad, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Meerts, P. & Hasson, M. (2016). Arbres et arbustes du Haut-Katanga Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique Page 141. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 169. Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 81. Robson, N.K.B. (1963). Ochnaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(1) Pages 249 - 250. as vars. afzelii, congoensis and machowiana Troupin, G. (1978). Ochnaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume I Pages 291 - 292. (Includes a picture). |
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