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'''''Ochna''''' is a [[genus]] comprising 86 [[species]] of evergreen trees, shrubs and shrublets belonging to the [[family]] [[Ochnaceae]]. These species are native to [[tropical]] woodlands of [[Africa]] or [[Asia]]. Species of this genus are usually called '''Ochnas''' or '''Mickey-mouse plants''', a name coming from the shape of the drupelet [[fruit]]. The name of this genus comes from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Ochne'', a word used by [[Homer]] and meaning ''wild pear''. Some species, especially ''Ochna serrulata'' ([[bird's eye plant]]), are widely cultivated as a decorative plant. {{Inc| Ochna (old Greek name for a wild pear, which some of these plants were thought to resemble in foliage). Ochnaceae. Glasshouse woody plants, little grown for the odd showy bloom and fruit. Ochna is a genus of about 25-30 species of trees and shrubs of Trop. Asia and Afr., and a few in S. Afr.: Lvs. deciduous, alternate, minutely serrate, leathery, shining: fls. yellow, rarely greenish, jointed to the pedicels; sepals 5, colored, imbricate, persistent; petals 5-10; stamens indefinite; anthers opening longitudinally or by pore-like slits; ovary deeply 3-10-lobed, the lobes 1-celled, 1-ovuled. and seated around a central disk or receptacle and becoming sessile drupes, styles connate. O. atropurpurea, DC., of the Cape, may occur now and then: shrub, 4-5 ft., with ovate denticulate Lvs.: calyx dark purple, petals yellow; fls. on 1-fld. stalks. J.F. 1:29. }} ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Species== *''[[Ochna afzeli]]'' *''[[Ochna andamanica]]'' *''[[Ochna angustata]]'' *''[[Ochna arborea arborea]]'' - Cape plane, plane ochna *''[[Ochna arborea oconnorii]]'' - Transvaal plane, coolbark ochna *''[[Ochna awrrulata]]'' *''[[Ochna barbosae]]'' - sand plane, sand ochna *''[[Ochna beddomei]]'' *''[[Ochna beirensis]]'' *''[[Ochna brevipes]]'' *''[[Ochna calodendron]]'' *''[[Ochna chilversii]]'' *''[[Ochna ciliata]]'' *''[[Ochna crocea]]'' *''[[Ochna fruticulosa]]'' *''[[Ochna gambleoides]]'' *''[[Ochna glauca]]'' - blue-leaved ochna *''[[Ochna grandis]]'' *''[[Ochna harmandii]]'' *''[[Ochna holstii]]'' - red ironwood, red ironwood ochna *''[[Ochna inermis]]'' - stunted plane, boat-fruited ochna *''[[Ochna integerrima]]'' *''[[Ochna lucida]]'' *''[[Ochna mauritiana]]'' *''[[Ochna mossambicensis]]'' *''[[Ochna multiflora]]'' *''[[Ochna natalitia]]'' - Natal plane, showy ochna *''[[Ochna obtusata]]'' *''[[Ochna parviflora]]'' *''[[Ochna pretoriensis]]'' - Magalies plane, Magalies ochna *''[[Ochna pruinosa]]'' *''[[Ochna pulchra]]'' - peeling plane, peeling ochna *''[[Ochna rufescens]]'' *''[[Ochna serrulata]]'' (syn. ''O. atropurpurea'', ''O. multiflora'') - carnival ochna *''[[Ochna schweinfurthiana]]'' *''[[Ochna thomasiana]]'' (syn. ''O. kirkii'') *''[[Ochna wallichii]]'' *''[[Ochna wightiana]]'' ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963    ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__

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