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Species of plant
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
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
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.
[1]
Oppositines are
vasorelaxant
beta-carbolines isolated from Ochrosia oppositifolia .
[3]
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 .
Ochrosia oppositifolia Cerbera oppositifolia