Ochrosia

Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plants, first described in 1789. It is in the family Apocynaceae,  native to Southeast Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.


 * Species
 * 1) Ochrosia ackeringae  – Indonesia, Philippines, Papuasia, Christmas Island
 * 2) Ochrosia acuminata Trimen ex Valeton – Sulawesi
 * 3) Ochrosia alyxioides Guillaumin – Vanuatu
 * 4) Ochrosia apoensis Elmer – Luzon, Mindanao
 * 5) Ochrosia balansae (Guillaumin) Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
 * 6) Ochrosia basistamina Hendrian – Sulawesi
 * 7) Ochrosia bodenheimarum Guillaumin – Vallée de la Toutouta in New Caledonia
 * 8) Ochrosia borbonica  – Mauritius + Réunion; naturalized in Guangdong
 * 9) Ochrosia brevituba Boiteau – New Caledonia
 * 10) Ochrosia brownii (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud – Nuku Hiva in Marquesas (extinct in the wild)
 * 11) Ochrosia citrodora K.Schum. & Lauterb. – New Guinea
 * 12) Ochrosia coccinea (Teijsm. & Binn.) Miq. – Maluku, Sulawesi, New Guinea, Solomon Islands; naturalized in Guangdong
 * 13) Ochrosia compta, Hōlei – Hawaii (Maui, Oahu, Molokai)
 * 14) Ochrosia elliptica  – Lord Howe Island, Queensland, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Nauru; naturalized in Guangdong + Taiwan
 * 15) Ochrosia fatuhivensis  –  Fatu Hiva in Marquesas but extinct
 * 16) Ochrosia ficifolia (S.Moore) Markgr. – New Guinea
 * 17) Ochrosia glomerata  – Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands
 * 18) Ochrosia grandiflora  – New Caledonia
 * 19) Ochrosia haleakalae, Hōlei – Maui + island of Hawaii (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands
 * 20) Ochrosia hexandra Koidz. – Kazan-retto ( = Volcano Islands of Japan)
 * 21) Ochrosia inventorum L.Allorge – New Caledonia
 * 22) Ochrosia iwasakiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex Masam. ( = Ryukyu Islands of Japan)
 * 23) Ochrosia kauaiensis, Hōlei – Kauai in Hawaiian Islands
 * 24) †Ochrosia kilaueaensis, Hōlei – island of Hawaii (so-called Big Island) in Hawaiian Islands, but extinct
 * 25) Ochrosia kilneri F.Muell. – Queensland
 * 26) Ochrosia lifuana Guillaumin – Loyalty Islands + Isle of Pines in New Caledonia
 * 27) Ochrosia mariannensis A.DC. – Mariana Islands
 * 28) Ochrosia miana Baill. ex Guillaumin – New Caledonia
 * 29) Ochrosia minima  – Queensland, Papua New Guinea
 * 30) Ochrosia moorei  – Queensland, New South Wales
 * 31) Ochrosia mulsantii Montrouz. – New Caledonia
 * 32) Ochrosia nakaiana (Koidz.) Koidz. ex H.Hara – Ogasawara-shoto ( = Bonin Islands of Japan)
 * 33) Ochrosia newelliana F.M.Bailey – Queensland
 * 34) Ochrosia novocaledonica Däniker – New Caledonia
 * 35) Ochrosia oppositifolia  – Seychelles, Chagos Islands, Sri Lanka, Maldive Islands, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, W Malaysia, Indonesia, Papuasia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, French Polynesia, Line Islands, Micronesia
 * 36) Ochrosia poweri F.M.Bailey – Queensland, New South Wales
 * 37) Ochrosia sciadophylla Markgr – Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands
 * 38) Ochrosia sevenetii Boiteau – New Guinea
 * 39) Ochrosia silvatica Däniker – New Caledonia
 * 40) Ochrosia solomonensis (Merr. & L.M.Perry) Fosberg & Boiteau – Solomon Islands
 * 41) Ochrosia syncarpa Markgr. – Bali, Lombok, Timor, Flores
 * 42) Ochrosia tahitensis  – Tahiti
 * 43) Ochrosia tenimberensis Markgr. – Tanimbar Islands


 * formerly included
 * 1) Ochrosia nukuhivensis  = Rauvolfia nukuhivensis (Fosberg & Sachet) Lorence & Butaud
 * 2) Ochrosia sandwicensis A.DC. = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.
 * 3) Ochrosia tuberculata (Vahl) Pichon = Rauvolfia sandwicensis A.DC.