Ochnaceae FAMILY
Ochna pulchra
Ochna pulchra
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
The flowers are sweetly scented[1].
Propagation
Seed - it has a very short viability and needs to be sown as soon as it is harvested in soil collected from around the parent tree. The seeds are often parasitized and must be collected before they turn totally black[1]. The seedlings need to be planted out into their permanent positions as soon as possible - they normally grow away quite quickly after transplanting[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ochna+pulchra>
Pollinators
?Insects
References
- [1]PlantZAfrica.com — http://www.plantzafrica.com ↩︎An excellent site giving detailed descriptions and uses of many S. African plants.
- [2]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
- [3]Flora Zambesiaca — http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html ↩︎An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.
- [4]Gemsbok Bean and Kalahari Truffle — Leffers A. · Gamsberg MacMillan; Namibia. · 2003 · ISBN 99916-0-491-X ↩︎Details of the traditional uses of over 200 species of plants in northeastern Namibia. Written for the non-expert, there is usually at least one photograph with each plant entry.