Common Forest Ochna

holstii: named after C.H.E.W. Holst (1865-1894), German plant collector and horticulturalist

Shrub or small tree. Leaves elliptic, distinctly held in one plane; margin finely toothed. Flowers in densely axillary clusters, bright yellow, short-lived but showy. Fruit 1-5 cylindical drupes, attached near the base, surrounded by the pink, persistent sepals.

Local

From Sudan South to South Africa as far as Eastern Cape.