Golden Champak
Ochna squarrosa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka & more
- Flowering
- February-March
How to identify Golden Champak
Identify Golden Champak by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Golden yellow flowers followed by black fruit on red sepals.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: February-March.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Ochnaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Golden Champak.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ochna squarrosa
- Genus
- Ochna
- Family
- Ochnaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- February-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Malayalam
- ഒക്ന
- Bengali
- বিষয়শ্রেণী
About Golden Champak
A member of the Ochnaceae family, Golden Champak (Ochna squarrosa) is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and 14 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from February to March.
Ochnaceae
Ochna Family
Golden Champak belongs to the Ochnaceae family.
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