{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Starr 080313-3394 Ochna serrulata.jpg |image_caption = ''[[Ochna serrulata]]'' |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Ochna |authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|L.]], 1753 |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 79; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:28076-1 ''Ochna'' L.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref> |synonyms = *''Biramella'' {{small|Tiegh. (1903)}} *''Campylochnella'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902)}} *''Diporidium'' {{small|H.L.Wendl. (1825)}} *''Diporochna'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902)}} *''Discladium'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902)}} *''Heteroporidium'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902)}} *''Jabotapita'' {{small|Adans. (1763), nom. superfl.}} *''Monoporidium'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902)}} *''Ochnella'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902)}} *''Pentochna'' {{small|Tiegh. (1907)}} *''Philomeda'' {{small|Noronha ex Thouars (1806)}} *''Pleodiporochna'' {{small|Tiegh. (1903)}} *''Pleopetalum'' {{small|Tiegh. (1903)}} *''Polyochnella'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902)}} *''Polythecium'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902), nom. illeg.}} *''Porochna'' {{small|Tiegh. (1902)}} *''Proboscella'' {{small|Tiegh. (1903)}} |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Ochna'''''<ref>Linnaeus C (1753) ''Sp. Pl.'' 1: 513.</ref> is a [[genus]] comprising 79 [[species]] of [[Evergreen|evergreen tree]]s, shrubs and shrublets belonging to the [[flowering plant]] family [[Ochnaceae]].<ref name = powo/> These species are native to [[tropical]] woodlands of [[Africa]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene Islands|Mascarenes]] and [[Asia]].<ref name=iziko>{{cite web|title=Genus: Ochna|url=http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plants/ochnaceae/ochna.htm|work=biodiversity explorer|publisher=iziko museums|accessdate=6 August 2013|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035811/http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/plants/ochnaceae/ochna.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Callmander|first1=Martin W.|last2=Phillipson|first2=Peter B.|year=2012|title= Note on the genus Ochna (Ochnaceae) in Madagascar|journal=Candollea|volume=67|issue=1|pages=142–144|doi=10.15553/c2012v671a14|s2cid=86016286 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/5789051 }}</ref> Species of this genus are usually called '''ochnas''', '''bird's-eye bushes''' or '''Mickey-mouse plants''', a name derived from the shape of the drupelet [[fruit]]. The name of this genus comes from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word ''[[wikt:fr:ὄχνη|ὄχνη]]'' (''ókhnē''), used by [[Theocritus]] and meaning "wild pear",<ref>{{cite book |language= fr |last= Bailly |first= Anatole |author-link= Anatole Bailly |date= 1895 |title= Dictionnaire grec-français |trans-title= Greek-French Dictionary |url= |location= Paris |publisher= Hachette |page= |isbn=}}</ref> as the leaves are similar in appearance. Some species, including ''[[Ochna integerrima]]'' (yellow ''Mai'' flower) and ''[[Ochna serrulata|O. serrulata]]'' (bird's eye plant), are cultivated as [[decorative plant]]s.
==Distribution== Species of this genus are found in the [[Old World]] [[Tropics]], in [[sub-Saharan Africa]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene Islands]], [[Arabian Peninsula]], [[Indian subcontinent]], [[Indo-China]], and southeastern [[China]].<ref name = powo/>
==Species== 79 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> <!--''[[species name]]'' {{Au|author,date}} (synonyms) – common name – range --> *''[[Ochna afzelii]]'' {{Au|R.Br. ex Oliv.}} *''[[Ochna afzelioides]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} *''[[Ochna andravinensis]]'' {{Au|Baill.}} *''[[Ochna angustata]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} *''[[Ochna apetala]]'' {{Au|Verdc.}} *''[[Ochna arborea]]'' {{Au|Burch. ex DC.}} *''[[Ochna atropurpurea]]'' {{Au|DC.}} *''[[Ochna bakeriana]]'' {{Au|Kuntze}} *''[[Ochna barbertonensis]]'' {{Au|T.Shah}} *''[[Ochna barbosae]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} – sand plane, sand ochna *''[[Ochna baronii]]'' {{Au|(Tiegh.) Callm. & Phillipson}} *''[[Ochna beirensis]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} *''[[Ochna boiviniana]]'' {{Au|Baill.}} *''[[Ochna bracteosa]]'' {{Au|Robyns & Lawalrée}} *''[[Ochna braunii]]'' {{Au|Sleumer}} *''[[Ochna calodendron]]'' {{Au|Gilg & Mildbr.}} *''[[Ochna ciliata]]'' {{Au|Lam.}} *''[[Ochna cinnabarina]]'' {{Au|Engl. & Gilg}} *''[[Ochna citrina]]'' {{Au|Gilg}} *''[[Ochna comorensis]]'' {{Au|Baill.}} *''[[Ochna confusa]]'' {{Au|Burtt Davy & Greenway}} *''[[Ochna cyanophylla]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} *''[[Ochna dolicharthros]]'' {{Au|F.M.Crawford & I.Darbysh.}} *''[[Ochna gamblei]]'' {{Au|King ex Brandis}} *''[[Ochna gambleoides]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} *''[[Ochna gamostigmata]]'' {{Au|Du Toit}} *''[[Ochna glauca]]'' {{Au|I.Verd.}} - blue–leaved ochna *''[[Ochna hackarsii]]'' {{Au|Robyns & Lawalrée}} *''[[Ochna hiernii]]'' {{Au|(Tiegh.) Exell}} *''[[Ochna holstii]]'' {{Au|Engl.}} – red ironwood, red ironwood ochna *''[[Ochna holtzii]]'' {{Au|Gilg}} *''[[Ochna humblotiana]]'' {{Au|Baill.}} *''[[Ochna inermis]]'' {{Au|(Forssk.) Schweinf.}} – stunted plane, boat-fruited ochna *''[[Ochna insculpta]]'' {{Au|Sleumer}} *''[[Ochna integerrima]]'' {{Au|(Lour.) Merr.}} – yellow ''Mai'' flower (for Tet in southern Vietnam) *''[[Ochna jabotapita]]'' {{Au|L.}} *''[[Ochna katangensis]]'' {{Au|De Wild.}} *''[[Ochna kirkii]]'' {{Au|Oliv.}} *''[[Ochna lanceolata]]'' {{Au|Spreng.}} *''[[Ochna latisepala]]'' {{Au|(Tiegh.) Bamps}} *''[[Ochna leptoclada]]'' {{Au|Oliv.}} *''[[Ochna leucophloeos]]'' {{Au|Hochst. ex A.Rich.}} *''[[Ochna louvelii]]'' {{Au|(H.Perrier) Callm. & Phillipson}} – besarandrana, menahy<!--see Diporidium louvelii at https://en.mondemalgache.org/bins/teny2/Diporidium--> *''[[Ochna macrantha]]'' {{Au|Baker}} *''[[Ochna macrocalyx]]'' {{Au|Oliv.}} *''[[Ochna madagascariensis]]'' {{Au|DC.}} *''[[Ochna maguirei]]'' {{Au|K.Balkwill}} *''[[Ochna manikensis]]'' {{Au|De Wild.}} *''[[Ochna mauritiana]]'' {{Au|Lam.}} *''[[Ochna membranacea]]'' {{Au|Oliv.}} *''[[Ochna micrantha]]'' {{Au|Schweinf. & Gilg}} *''[[Ochna multiflora]]'' {{Au|DC.}} *''[[Ochna natalitia]]'' {{Au|(Meisn.) Walp.}} – Natal plane, showy ochna *''[[Ochna obtusata]]'' {{Au|DC.}} *''[[Ochna ovata]]'' {{Au|F.Hoffm.}} *''[[Ochna oxyphylla]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} *''[[Ochna pervilleana]]'' {{Au|Baill.}} *''[[Ochna polyarthra]]'' {{Au|Verdc.}} *''[[Ochna polycarpa]]'' {{Au|Baker}} *''[[Ochna polyneura]]'' {{Au|Gilg}} *''[[Ochna pretoriensis]]'' {{Au|E.Phillips}} – Magalies plane, Magalies ochna *''[[Ochna pseudoprocera]]'' {{Au|Sleumer}} *''[[Ochna puberula]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} *''[[Ochna pulchra]]'' {{Au|Hook.}} – peeling plane, peeling ochna *''[[Ochna pumila]]'' {{Au|Buch.-Ham. ex DC.}} *''[[Ochna pygmaea]]'' {{Au|Hiern}} *''[[Ochna rhizomatosa]]'' {{Au|(Tiegh.) Keay}} *''[[Ochna richardsiae]]'' {{Au|N.Robson}} *''[[Ochna rovumensis]]'' {{Au|Gilg}} *''[[Ochna sambiranensis]]'' {{Au|Callm. & Phillipson}} *''[[Ochna schliebenii]]'' {{Au|Sleumer}} *''[[Ochna schweinfurthiana]]'' {{Au|F.Hoffm.}} *''[[Ochna serrulata]]'' {{Au|(Hochst.) Walp.}} (syns. ''O. atropurpurea'', ''O. multiflora'') – carnival ochna, Mickey mouse bush *''[[Ochna staudtii]]'' {{Au|Gilg}} *''[[Ochna stolzii]]'' {{Au|Gilg}} *''[[Ochna thomasiana]]'' {{Au|Engl. & Gilg}} *''[[Ochna thouvenotii]]'' {{Au|(H.Perrier) Callm. & Phillipson}} *''[[Ochna vaccinoides]]'' {{Au|Baker}}
==References== {{reflist}}
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