Ochna pulchra fruit and sepals

Ochna pulchra has lost the clusters of sweetly scented, creamy flowers that normally appear from late winter and throughout spring when the fruits look like this. The initially shiny green, kidney-shaped fruits turn black as they ripen. They are topped by the persisting, recurving, pink or red sepals resembling butterflies (Schmidt, et al, 2002; iNaturalist; www.plantzafrica.com).