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'''''Ochrosia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in the [[Asclepias|milkweed]] family, [[Apocynaceae]].

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Ochrosia (name records the pale yellow color of the fls.). Apocynaceae. Fifteen or more trees, extending from the Mascarene Isls. eastward to Hawaii, little known to cult.: Lvs. scattered, whorled or opposite, with numerous nerves, coriaceous, entire, often large: fls. in peduncled cymes, of medium size, often very fragrant, mostly white, yellowish or cream-colored; calyx small, glandless, deeply 5-cleft; corolla salver- form, the tube cylindrical and dilated at point of insertion of stamens, the throat constricted and glabrous; disk small or wanting: carpels 2, distinct or connate at base, ripening into spreading few-seeded or 1-seedcd drupes.—The species are grown somewhat in tropical countries for the ornamental foliage and frs.

O. borbonica, Gmel., is an evergreen tree 20-30 ft., with stout branches, glabrous: Lvs. large, whorled, obovate, narrowed to a petiole, rounded at apex, shining above: fls. white; corolla-limb ⅓ in. diam.: drupes about 2 in. long, bright red. considered to be poisonous. Mascarene Isls. eastward.—O. elliptica, Labill.-p. parviflora.—0. parviflora, Hemsl. (Cerbera parviflora, Forst.), is a Pacific species, somewhat planted in Hawaii: 30-40 ft., evergreen, with rough bark and cylindrical twigs: Lvs. ternate quarternate, crowded at ends of branches, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, shining: fls. small, white: fr. 1 or 2 scarlet drupes, not edible.-O. sandwicensis, Gray, of Hawaii, is a small tree or large shrub, 10-25 ft., with long drooping branches: Lvs. in 3's or 4's, long-oblong, short- acuminate, shining above: fls. yellowish to cream-colored: drupes dry, yellowish at maturity, not edible.
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==Cultivation==


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==Species==
Species include:

* ''[[Ochrosia borbonica]]'' <small>[[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|J.F.Gmel.]]</small> ([[Mauritius]] and [[Réunion]])
* ''[[Ochrosia compta]]'' <small>[[Karl Moritz Schumann|K.Schum.]]</small> - ''Hōlei'' ([[Maui]], [[Oahu]], [[Molokai|Moloka{{okina}}i]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.hawaii.edu/~eherring/hawnprop/och-comp.htm |title=Ochrosia compta |work=Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database |publisher=[[University of Hawaii at Manoa|University of Hawaii at Mānoa]] |accessdate=2009-03-14}}</ref>
* ''[[Ochrosia fatuhivensis]]'' <small>[[Francis Raymond Fosberg|Fosberg]] & [[Marie-Hélène Sachet|Sachet]]</small> ([[French Polynesia]])
* ''[[Ochrosia grandiflora]]'' <small>Boit.</small> ([[New Caledonia]])
* ''[[Ochrosia haleakalae]]'' <small>[[Harold St. John|H.St.John]]</small> - ''Hōlei'' (Maui, [[Hawaii (island)|island of Hawaii]])
* ''[[Ochrosia kauaiensis]]'' <small>H.St.John</small> - ''Hōlei'' ([[Kauai]])
* ''[[Ochrosia kilaueaensis]]''<small>H.St.John</small> - ''Hōlei'' (island of Hawaii)
* ''[[Ochrosia nukuhivensis]]'' <small>Fosberg & Sachet</small> (French Polynesia)
* ''[[Ochrosia tahitensis]]'' <small>[[Jean Marie Antoine de Lanessan|Laness.]] ex [[Marcel Pichon|Pichon]]</small> (French Polynesia)

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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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