Ochrosia

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

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Ochrosia is a genus of flowering plant in the milkweed family, Apocynaceae.

Read about Ochrosia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

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. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

Species

Species include:

• Ochrosia borbonica J.F.Gmel. (Mauritius and Réunion)
• Ochrosia compta K.Schum. - Hōlei (Maui, Oahu, [[Molokai|MolokaTemplate:Okinai]])
• Ochrosia fatuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
• Ochrosia grandiflora Boit. (New Caledonia)
• Ochrosia haleakalae H.St.John - Hōlei (Maui, island of Hawaii)
• Ochrosia kauaiensis H.St.John - Hōlei (Kauai)
• Ochrosia kilaueaensisH.St.John - Hōlei (island of Hawaii)
• Ochrosia nukuhivensis Fosberg & Sachet (French Polynesia)
• Ochrosia tahitensis Laness. ex Pichon (French Polynesia)

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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