Ochna gamblei King ex Brandis

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.