Ochna lanceolata
Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 2: 597. 1825. O. wightiana Wallich ex Wight
& Arn., Prodr. 152. 1834; A.W. Bennett in Hook. f., Fl. Brit India 1: 524. 1875. O. heyneana
Wight & Arn., Prodr. l.c. O. moonii Thwaites, Enum. Pl.
Zeyl. 70. 1858.
Tam.: Katharai, Silimbi.
Large shrubs or small trees, much branched; branchlets covered with lenticels. Leaves ovate, oblong, lanceolate or elliptic, acute to rounded at both ends, crenate or subentire along margins towards base, 1.5 - 7 x 1 - 2.5 cm, subcoriaceous or shining; petioles 1 - 3 mm; stipules slender, 3 - 6 mm. Inflorescence simple, 1 - 3(rarely up to 5)-flowered; pedicels filiform, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 1 - 2 cm across. Sepals 5, ovate-oblong, 7 - 10 x 3 - 5 mm. Petals 5, deciduous, ovate-oblong. Stamens 25- 50; filaments 2 - 4 mm; anthers 2 - 5 mm. Carpels 5 - 7; styles 5 - 7.5 mm, longer in fruits; stigmas shortly branched. Fruits 1 - 3, up to 8 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. March - July.
Distrib. South peninsular India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala).
Sri Lanka.
Uses. Walking sticks are made from the branches.
Large shrubs or small trees, much branched; branchlets covered with lenticels. Leaves ovate, oblong, lanceolate or elliptic, acute to rounded at both ends, crenate or subentire along margins towards base, 1.5 - 7 x 1 - 2.5 cm, subcoriaceous or shining; petioles 1 - 3 mm; stipules slender, 3 - 6 mm. Inflorescence simple, 1 - 3(rarely up to 5)-flowered; pedicels filiform, up to 2.5 cm long. Flowers 1 - 2 cm across. Sepals 5, ovate-oblong, 7 - 10 x 3 - 5 mm. Petals 5, deciduous, ovate-oblong. Stamens 25- 50; filaments 2 - 4 mm; anthers 2 - 5 mm. Carpels 5 - 7; styles 5 - 7.5 mm, longer in fruits; stigmas shortly branched. Fruits 1 - 3, up to 8 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. March - July.
Distrib. South peninsular India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala).
Sri Lanka.
Uses. Walking sticks are made from the branches.
