Ochna lanceolata

Description

Ochna lanceolata is a species of plant in the Ochnaceae family. It is native to India and Sri Lanka. It is an 8m tall plant with greyish bark and reddish blaze. Leaves are simple, alternate; lamina narrow elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate; apex acute; base acute with serrate margin. Flowers show raceme inflorescence. Fruit is a single-seeded drupe. The tree is known as bo kera/mal kera in Sinhala language.