Ochna schweinfurthianaF.Hoffm.

WFO wfo-0000390032 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Ochna schweinfurthiana, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. a i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-15 / obs. 198820499
Ochna schweinfurthiana, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. b i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12200943
Ochna schweinfurthiana, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. c i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198820507
Ochna schweinfurthiana, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. d i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12179659
Ochna schweinfurthiana, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. e i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12200944
Ochna schweinfurthiana, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. f i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198820520
Ochna schweinfurthiana, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. g i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 12179662
Ochna schweinfurthiana, photographed by i_c_riddell
fig. h i_c_riddell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 198820524

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Native range 22 botanical countries

Regions where Ochna schweinfurthiana is native: Angola, Benin, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe AngolaBeninBurkinaBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicDR CongoEthiopiaGhanaGuineaIvory CoastMalawiMaliMozambiqueNigeriaRwandaSudan-South SudanTanzaniaTogoUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
Native distribution of Ochna schweinfurthiana, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Burkina BKN
Burundi BUR
Cameroon CMN
Central African Republic CAF
DR Congo ZAI
Ethiopia ETH
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Ivory Coast IVO
Malawi MLW
Mali MLI
Mozambique MOZ
Nigeria NGA
Rwanda RWA
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Tanzania TAN
Togo TOG
Uganda UGA
Zambia ZAM
Zimbabwe ZIM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 7 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Diporidium schweinfurthianum Tiegh.
  • Ochna alba (Tiegh.) A.Chev.
  • Ochna suberosa De Wild.
  • Ochnella alba Tiegh.
  • Ochnella aurea Tiegh.
  • Ochnella axillaris Tiegh.
  • Ochnella schweinfurthiana Tiegh.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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