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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.
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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 (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.
==Varieties==
==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==
