Ochrosia oppositifolia
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Ochrosia |
Species: | O. oppositifolia
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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.[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.
Categories:
- Ochrosia
- Plants used in traditional African medicine
- Chagos Archipelago
- Trees of Seychelles
- Trees of Indo-China
- Trees of Malesia
- Trees of Papuasia
- Trees of the Pacific
- Plants described in 1783
- Apocynaceae stubs