| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Ochnaceae |
| Synonym | Ochna obtusata DC. var. gamblei (King ex Brandis) Kanis |
| Synonym_2 | Ochna beddomei Gamble |
| Habit | Shrub or small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Small trees or shrubs with thick, brown or grey, bark and stout brachlets. Leaves alternate, usually clustered at the ends of branchlets, 5-13 x 3-8 cm, elliptic-ovate to obovate, apex rounded to obtuse, rarely acute, base cuneate-rounded to subcordate, narrowed into a short petiole upto 3 mm long, margins obscurely serrate, glaucous, nerves often irregular; flowers 4 cm across, yellow, fragrant, borne in umbellate panicles, fruit compound, consisting of 3-6 drupes, oblong-ovoid, sessile, black when ripe, surrounded by the persistent calyx. |