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Ochna macrocalyx
Species of flowering plants From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ochna macrocalyx is a species that grows as a subshrub, shrub or small tree with yellow flowers arranged in axillary racemes and belonging to the family Ochnaceae.
It a medicinal tree in Tanzania as extracts are used to treat gastrointestinal and gynaecological ailments, it is locallty known as Nkatakwa by the Wasambaa people.[1]
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Description
Ochna macrocalyx grows as a subshrub or shrub reaching an height of 3 m and has been observed sometimes to only show flowers and leaves above the ground. It has greyish to brown bark with a yellow slash.[2] Its leaves have a lethery texture while leaflets are oblong to lanceolate to elliptical in shape, they can reach 25 cm long and 7 cm wide and with a toothed margin. Flowers are yellow up to 14 in axillary racemes.[2]
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Distribution
Occurs in Tropical East and Southern Africa and well distributed in the Usambara mountains in Tanzania.[1] It is found in open woodlands, grasslands and rocky slopes.[3]
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