Ochna thomasiana ? (Eden Project, Cornwall, UK)

Ochna thomasiana Engl. & Gilg, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 245 (1903) ;
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S. Somalia to E. Tanzania (incl. Zanzibar, Pemba): Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania; Introduced into: Hawaii, Society Is., Sri Lanka as per POWO;
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SK 3442 30 April 2022: 3 very high res. images.

Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
Altitude: 60m.
Date: 03 April 2022
Habit : Cultivated

Pl. try Camelia.


The Eden project is unusual.

It has biodomes/giant round greenhouses that are the home to plants world wide.
It was created in the waste are of a disused clay mine in Cornwall.
It is a huge tourist attraction.
Quote…” Dubbed the Eighth Wonder of the World by some, Eden is a dramatic global garden housed in tropical biomes that nestle in a crater the size of 30 football pitches.”  
Sorry, but I have never seen this tree before.
I do not think the leaves or the flowers/fruits are correct for Camellia.
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Ochna thomasiana Engl. & Gilg ex Gilg


 

 


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References:
POWO  iNaturalist

Updated on December 15, 2025

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