Distribution Map

Ochna natalitia

                   
                   
           
Mickey Mouse Bush
Natal Plane
Isifubasangala
lincedza
mahlanganisa
sifubasenkhala
siFunbasenkhala
umHlabelo
umvuma

Ochnaceae   

As at April 2024, 36 herbarium specimens, 18 photo records, 178 visual observations

South African Red List status: LC

IUCN Red List: LC (2021)

Global Distribution: Also occurs outside southern Africa
Found within protected areas: Mlawula Mantenga Malolotja
Medicinal
Other uses

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Ochna natalitia - (Isifubasangala) Small tree often dwarfed, hair­less throughout. Stems round with numerous pale lenticels. Leaf-stalk c 2 mm long; blade usually lance-shaped, tapering to blunt tip but not to stalk, distInctly toothed, c 8 cm long x 2 cm wide. Inflorescences scented, sometimes elongated at end of lateral short shoots, sometimes of only a few flowers; stalk c 7 mm long; petals yellow, c 7 mm long x 4 mm wide; fruits black, fleshy on bright red thickened base. Plants often have conspicuous red leafy insect-galls.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.