Ochrosia oppositifolia

Ochrosia oppositifolia grows as a small to medium-sized tree up to 25 metres (82 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 50 centimetres (20 in). Its flowers feature a creamy to white corolla. Its habitat is coastal forest, bush or open areas to 100 metres (330 ft) altitude, rarely inland. Local medicinal uses include as a carminative and in high doses as an abortifacient.^[2] Ochrosia oppositifolia is native to regions from the Seychelles through tropical Asia to the Pacific. It is also known as the fruit-bat tree locally in the Seychelles. ^[1]

Ochrosia oppositifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Ochrosia
Species:	O. oppositifolia
Binomial name
Ochrosia oppositifolia (Lam.) K.Schum[1]
Synonyms[1]
Cerbera oppositifolia Lam. Kopsia lamarckii G.Don ex DC. Lactaria oppositifolia (Lam.) Kuntze Neisosperma oppositifolium (Lam.) Fosberg & Sachet Calpicarpum oppositifolium (Lam.) Boiteau Cerbera muricata Lam. Cerbera parviflora G.Forst. Cerbera platyspermos Gaertn. Ochrosia parviflora (G.Forst.) Hensl. Ochrosia platyspermos (Gaertn.) A.DC. Ochrosia commutata K.Schum. Ochrosia cowleyi F.M.Bailey

Oppositines are vasorelaxant beta-carbolines isolated from Ochrosia oppositifolia.^[3]

Gallery

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  Fruits. Tonga
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  Fruit and seedling. Dededo, Guam
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  Leaves of understory tree. Dededo, Guam
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  Canopy. Dededo, Guam
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  Fruit husk. Dededo, Guam