O. arborea var. arborea. The leaves are smaller, 24–75 mm long, and slightly serrated to almost entire. The flower stalk is shorter, < 15 mm, and it grows in lowland and forest.  The flowers of both varieties of O.arborea are similar.

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Ochna barbosae N.Robson. A shrub to small tree, 1–8 m, and found in woodland and grassland, on sandy soils along the coast. The leaves are alternate, 30–50 x 12–15 mm, leathery and with prominent green, net veins on both sides. The flowers are yellow and sweet-scented. Flowering time: Aug.–Sept. The fruit is pink to purple, with the spreading sepals of the enlarged calyx up to 15 mm long. There are 5–6 black drupelets. Fruiting time: Nov.–Jan. This lovely tree is found in Kwa Zulu-Natal, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Ochna confusa Burtt Davy & Greenway. A multi-stemmed shrub up to 2 m with long, slender, straight branches. The leaves are simple, narrowly elliptic and pale green with serrated margins. The up to six yellow flowers are borne in clusters on short spurs in the axil of a leaf. Flowering time: Aug.–Oct. The ripe fruit comprises of 5 separate round black drupes on a receptacle. Fruiting time: Sept.–Dec. The plant occurs on the hills of Mpumalanga and also Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.

Ochna holstii Engl. A shrub to medium-sized tree, up to 15 m high, with rough, grey-brown stems and branchlets with scattered, pale raised dots. The leaves are alternate, 50–100 x 15–25 mm, with midrib and net veins prominent from above and serrated margins. The yellow flowers, in dense clusters of up to 10, grow on short side shoots. Flowering time: Sept.–Nov. Fruit pink to purple, enlarged calyx with spreading sepals up to 15 mm long, surrounds 5–6 black drupelets. Fruiting time: Nov.–Jan. The plant occurs in forests at altitudes from 900–1 700 m, in Limpopo, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, and also in Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Ochna natalitia (Meisn.)Walp. A small, evergreen multi-stemmed shrub found on rocky outcrops and in bushveld. The bark is dark and rough. The leaves are alternate, simple and elliptic, 50–200 x 10–45 mm, and dark green with the new leaves red in spring. The flowers, borne in a cluster, are large and golden yellow. Flowering time: Sept.–Dec. The plant is found in Limpopo, North-West, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape, and also in Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Read more about this plant.