Ochna is a genus comprising 79 species of evergreen treess, shrubs and shrublets belonging to the flowering plant family Ochnaceae. These species are native to tropical woodlands of Africa, Madagascar, 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 ὄχνη (ókhnē), used by Theocritus and meaning "wild pear", as the leaves are similar in appearance. Some species, including Ochna integerrima (yellow Mai flower) and O. serrulata (bird's eye plant), are cultivated as decorative plants.

Distribution

Species of this genus are found in the Old World Tropics, in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Arabian Peninsula, Indian subcontinent, Indo-China, and southeastern China.

Species

79 species are accepted.

• Ochna afzelii

• Ochna afzelioides

• Ochna andravinensis

• Ochna angustata

• Ochna apetala

• Ochna arborea

• Ochna atropurpurea

• Ochna bakeriana

• Ochna barbertonensis

• Ochna barbosae sand plane, sand ochna

• Ochna baronii

• Ochna beirensis

• Ochna boiviniana

• Ochna bracteosa

• Ochna braunii

• Ochna calodendron

• Ochna ciliata

• Ochna cinnabarina

• Ochna citrina

• Ochna comorensis

• Ochna confusa

• Ochna cyanophylla

• Ochna dolicharthros

• Ochna gamblei

• Ochna gambleoides

• Ochna gamostigmata

• Ochna glauca - blueleaved ochna

• Ochna hackarsii

• Ochna hiernii

• Ochna holstii red ironwood, red ironwood ochna

• Ochna holtzii

• Ochna humblotiana

• Ochna inermis stunted plane, boat-fruited ochna

• Ochna insculpta

• Ochna integerrima yellow Mai flower (for Tet in southern Vietnam)

• Ochna jabotapita

• Ochna katangensis

• Ochna kirkii

• Ochna lanceolata

• Ochna latisepala

• Ochna leptoclada

• Ochna leucophloeos

• Ochna louvelii – besarandrana, menahy

• Ochna macrantha

• Ochna macrocalyx

• Ochna madagascariensis

• Ochna maguirei

• Ochna manikensis

• Ochna mauritiana

• Ochna membranacea

• Ochna micrantha

• Ochna multiflora

• Ochna natalitia Natal plane, showy ochna

• Ochna obtusata

• Ochna ovata

• Ochna oxyphylla

• Ochna pervilleana

• Ochna polyarthra

• Ochna polycarpa

• Ochna polyneura

• Ochna pretoriensis Magalies plane, Magalies ochna

• Ochna pseudoprocera

• Ochna puberula

• Ochna pulchra peeling plane, peeling ochna

• Ochna pumila

• Ochna pygmaea

• Ochna rhizomatosa

• Ochna richardsiae

• Ochna rovumensis

• Ochna sambiranensis

• Ochna schliebenii

• Ochna schweinfurthiana

• Ochna serrulata (syns. O. atropurpurea, O. multiflora) carnival ochna, Mickey mouse bush

• Ochna staudtii

• Ochna stolzii

• Ochna thomasiana

• Ochna thouvenotii

• Ochna vaccinoides

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