Ochrosia oppositifolia

Ochrosia oppositifolia grows as a small to medium-sized tree up to 25 m (80 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter of up to 50 cm (20 in). Its flowers feature a creamy to white corolla. Its habitat is coastal forest, bush or open areas to 100 m (300 ft) altitude, rarely inland. Local medicinal uses include as a carminative and in high doses as an abortifacient.^[3] Ochrosia oppositifolia is native to regions from the Seychelles through tropical Asia to the Pacific.^[2] It is also known as the fruit-bat tree locally in the Seychelles.

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Asterids

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Ochrosia oppositifolia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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[2]
Synonyms[2]
List Calpicarpum oppositifolium (Lam.) Boiteau Cerbera oppositifolia Lam. Kopsia lamarckii G.Don ex DC. Lactaria oppositifolia (Lam.) Kuntze Neisosperma oppositifolium (Lam.) Fosberg & Sachet Cerbera muricata Lam. Cerbera parviflora G.Forst. Cerbera platyspermos Gaertn. Ochrosia commutata K.Schum. Ochrosia cowleyi F.M.Bailey Ochrosia parviflora (G.Forst.) Hensl. Ochrosia platyspermos (Gaertn.) A.DC.

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Oppositines are vasorelaxant beta-carbolines isolated from Ochrosia oppositifolia.^[4]