Derivation of specific name
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schweinfurthiana: named after Dr Georg August Schweinfurth (1836-1925), german botanical collector and taxonomist.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ochna schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140320
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Description
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Small tree. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong or elliptic, margins rather bluntly serrulate, sometimes appearing scalloped, net-veining conspicuous above. Young leaves coppery. Flowers bright yellow, very short-lived, normally appearing before or with the young leaves. Fruits ovoid, attached at the base, black when ripe, the enlarged, persistent sepals turning cherry to brick red.
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ochna schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140320
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Frequency
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Common
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ochna schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140320
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Sahelian & Zambesian: Mali to S. Sudan to Tanzania, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Angola.
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- cc-by-nc
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- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ochna schweinfurthiana F. Hoffm. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=140320
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings