What is the OHNA?

Ochá is a genus of about 85 species of evergreen trees, shrubs and shrubs that belong to the OCHNACEAE family. These types of plants are endemic for tropical forests in South Africa and Asia and are now being grown in North America and Oceania. Sachers usually measure 5 feet (1.5 m) high, but can reach up to 10 feet (3 m) in height. Types Ochna are generally referred to as Mickey-Mouse plants due to the shape of their harsh fruit. Their flowers have five bright yellow petals with green sepala below. The sepla remains even after the fruit is formed, they grow with the age of flowers before it finally becomes fleshy and red. Round and shiny green green, when it first created, the fruit eventually blamed when it became ripe. Once introduced, plants ochor can even lead to the formation of hedges. Perhaps the most popular species is Ocho Serrulata or Bird eye plant. Other types grown for the same purpose are o. MOssambicensis , o. Thomasiana and o.

These evergreen plants are easy to grow. It passes in light shadow and slightly acidic to acidic soil. Only small to medium water is required and it is even found to be tolerant of drought. Attractive for bees and butterflies, flowers bloom at the end of spring and early summer. Once their fruit is formed, birds are usually eaten, who also act as a natural promoter when they distract the seeds around their droppings.

Despite or even because they are popular ornamental plants, these plants tend to be invasive because the seeds can be easily expanded. In addition, their ability to form into dense thickets when it is determined to block other plant species from natural regeneration in the wild. These plants, introduced from Africa at the beginning of the 20th century, are already treated as pleveLe in eastern Australia. Especially the Ochna Serrulata attacked the bare areas of the coastal habitat in the southeastern part of Queensland and was also declared harmful in the new South Wales. The measures used for weed control are the application of glyphosate to the scratched part of the bark for established plants or just manually pulling the plant for young seedlings.