Ochnaceae

Ochna pulchra Hook.

Family: Ochnaceae
Genus: Ochna

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Ochna pulchra: Flowering Peeling plane in Jan Celliers Park, Pretoria — Photo: Dr. J.C. Knobel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (5)

Afrikaans: Lekkerbreek
Arabic: أوكنة جميلة
arz: اوكنه جميله
Hebrew: אוכנה שבירה
Persian: زودشکن

Synonyms

Diporidium pulchrum (Hook.) Walp.
Diporidium quangense (Büttner) Kuntze
Ochna aschersoniana Schinz
Ochna fuscescens Heine
Ochna hoffmannii-ottonis Engl.
Ochna huillensis Engl. ex Tiegh.
Ochna quangensis Büttner
Ochna rehmannii Szyszył.
Polythecium pulchrum (Hook.) Tiegh.
Polythecium rehmannii Tiegh.
Porochna antunesii Tiegh.
Porochna aschersoniana (Schinz) Tiegh.
Porochna bifolia Tiegh.
Porochna brunnescens Tiegh.
Porochna davilliflora Tiegh.
Porochna hoffmanni-ottonis Tiegh.
Porochna huillensis Tiegh.
Porochna quangensis (Büttner) Tiegh.

Photos

Photo: Dr. J.C. Knobel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dr. J.C. Knobel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dr. J.C. Knobel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.