Ochna lanceolata is a species of plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is native to India and Sri Lanka.[1]
It is an 8m tall plant with greyish bark and reddish blaze. Leaves are simple, alternate; lamina narrow elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate; apex acute; base acute with serrate margin. Flowers show raceme inflorescence. Fruit is a single-seeded drupe.[2] [3] The tree is known as bo kera/mal kera in Sinhala language.[4]