Mickey mouse plant

Ochna serrulata

  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Mickey mouse plant
  • Flower name
    Mickey mouse plant
  • Scientific name
    Ochna serrulata
  • Aliassmall-leaved plane, carnival ochna, bird's eye bush, Mickey mouse plant , Mickey mouse plant, オクナ・セルラタ
  • Place of originSouth Africa
  • Place of floweringGreenhouse
  • Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August

What is Mickey mouse plant

Mickymouse Tree, scientific name:Ochna serrulata) is an evergreen shrubs of the Ochnaceae Department of ocna genus native to South Africa. In the spring, blooms small yellow 5 petaled flower. Red sepals, stamens remaining petals are now shedding, but fun. In the flower bed with spherical fruit. Flower name depends on the shades of red and black look like Mickey Mouse's face. Part part looks like a red face and ears look like flowers, black or green eyes is a fruit. The fruit first in green after black. Eyes are not necessarily two is a charm. Naming win as it is to resemble a flower name is widely beloved character. Because it achieves small, thin and low wood in unexpectedly to miss out on. Feel of the fruit is similar to harlequin glory(scientific name: Clerodendrum trichotomum)which is another Department of another genus .

Common name: Mickymouse Tree, scientific name:Ochna serrulata, aka: ocna serrata, Mickey mouse plant, bird's eye bush, small-leaved plane, c arnival ochna, country of origin: South Africa, distribution: tropical and subtropical forests, height:1.5~2.5m, leaf, leaf quality: thicker cortex, leaf: oblong, Leaf blade length: 3-6 cm, leaf width: 1-1, 5 cm, leaf serrated, leaf arrangement alternate, radial symmetry, inflorescence shape: single paragraph flowers, flowering: May-August, petals number; 5, flower color: yellow, flower diameter:1.5-2cm, Calyx color: purple, Berry type: drupe, fruiting period: June-October Fruit color: Green-Black.


  • Order
    Malpighiales
  • Family
    Ochnaceae
  • Genus
    Ochna
  • Species
    O. serrulata
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Monopetal inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Five-petal
  • Leaf type
    oblong
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeEvergreen shrub
  • Flower colorsYellow cream
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height150.0 ~ 250.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower1.5 ~ 2.0 cm

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