Ochna - Bird's Eye Bush, Mickey Mouse Plant
Stock photos of Bird's Eye Bush or Mickey Mouse Plant (plants of the genus Ochna), a group of over 80 species of deciduous and semi-evergreen shrubs and trees found mainly in the Old World tropics to warm temperate regions. The genus is best known for Ochna serrulata and the similar Ochna atropurpurea, both semi-evergreen shrubs from South Africa. They have small, leathery, serrated, olive green leaves and yellow flowers with contrastingly coloured calyces: red for O. serrulata and purple for O. atropurpurea. The develop into drupes into black drupes with two lobes of the same colour as the calyces, creating an effect a little like a Mickey Mouse face and ears.
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