Ochrosia oppositifolia
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Ochrosia |
| Species: | O. oppositifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Ochrosia oppositifolia | |
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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]
Oppositines are vasorelaxant beta-carbolines isolated from Ochrosia oppositifolia.[3]
Gallery
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Fruits. Tonga -
Fruit and seedling. Dededo, Guam -
Leaves of understory tree. Dededo, Guam -
Canopy. Dededo, Guam -
Fruit husk. Dededo, Guam
References
- ^ a b c "Ochrosia oppositifolia". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
- ^ Medicinal Plants. PROTA. 2008. pp. 391–392. ISBN 978-9-05782-204-9.
- ^ Ahmad, Kartini; Thomas, Noel F.; Hadi, A. Hamid A.; Mukhtar, Mat Ropi; Mohamad, Khalit; Nafiah, Mohd Azlan; Takeya, Koichi; Morita, Hiroshi; Litaudon, Marc; Arai, Hiroko; Awang, Khalijah (Aug 2010). "Oppositinines A and B: new vasorelaxant beta-carboline alkaloids from Neisosperma oppositifolia". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 58 (8): 1085–1087. doi:10.1248/cpb.58.1085. ISSN 1347-5223. PMID 20686264.